Re: [PATCH] mingw_rmdir: do not prompt for retry when non-empty

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> ...
> Since we're justifying the approaches, I'd like to explain why I
> preferred the return approach: it performs less tests. While this
> might sound like premature optimizations, performance is not why I
> think it's a good idea. It makes the fix easier to verify; you don't
> need to validate that the conditions of the second loop won't happen,
> because the code exits quickly.
>
> If we added something that required cleanup, we could change the
> return to a goto with a cleanup-label, and it would still be
> relatively easy to see what's going on.
>
>> However, I have no strong opinion on this, so please apply the version you
>> like better.
>
> Since the issue is present in mainline Git as well, I'd prefer if
> Junio merged whatever he prefers. I can produce a proper patch out of
> your suggesting, if needed.

Thanks; what you and Dscho agreed in this discussion sounds good to
me, too.

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