Re: [PATCH 4/4] Suppress "statement not reached" warnings under Sun Studio

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

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
> index a51bba1..0a4e895 100644
> --- a/read-cache.c
> +++ b/read-cache.c
> @@ -758,7 +758,13 @@ int verify_path(const char *path)
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	goto inside;
> +#ifdef __sun
> +#	pragma error_messages (off, E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED)
> +#endif
>  	for (;;) {
> +#ifdef __sun
> +#	pragma error_messages (on, E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED)
> +#endif
>  		if (!c)
>  			return 1;

Patches 1-3 makes sense, but this one is too ugly to live.

Wouldn't something like this be equivalent and have the same effect
without sacrificing the readablity?

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index a51bba1..73af797 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -757,12 +757,12 @@ int verify_path(const char *path)
 	if (has_dos_drive_prefix(path))
 		return 0;
 
-	goto inside;
+	/* we are at the beginning of a path component */
+	c = '/';
 	for (;;) {
 		if (!c)
 			return 1;
 		if (is_dir_sep(c)) {
-inside:
 			c = *path++;
 			if ((c == '.' && !verify_dotfile(path)) ||
 			    is_dir_sep(c) || c == '\0')