From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] string-list: allow passing NULL for `get_entry_index`
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 08:22:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aL_HuZUF_cCtrADS@pks.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aL217NTO73Xn9dJD@ArchLinux>
On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 12:42:20AM +0800, shejialuo wrote:
> Callers of `get_entry_index()` are required to pass a non-NULL
> `exact_match` parameter to receive information about whether an exact
> match is found. However, in some cases, callers only need the index
> position.
>
> Let's allow callers to pass NULL for the `exact_match` parameter
> when they don't need this information, reducing unnecessary variable
> declarations in calling code.
It would be nice to either explain why we want this or, alternatively,
to include that specific user in the same patch.
Patrick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-09 6:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-07 16:40 [PATCH 0/4] enhance string-list API to fix sign compare warnings shejialuo
2025-09-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 1/4] string-list: allow passing NULL for `get_entry_index` shejialuo
2025-09-09 6:22 ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2025-09-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 2/4] string-list: replace negative index encoding with "exact_match" parameter shejialuo
2025-09-09 6:22 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-15 12:11 ` shejialuo
2025-09-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 3/4] string-list: change "string_list_find_insert_index" return type to "size_t" shejialuo
2025-09-09 6:23 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-09 19:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-10 4:57 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 4/4] refs: enable sign compare warnings check shejialuo
2025-09-09 6:23 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-07 16:43 ` [PATCH 0/4] enhance string-list API to fix sign compare warnings shejialuo
2025-09-17 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 " shejialuo
2025-09-17 9:19 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] string-list: use bool instead of int for "exact_match" shejialuo
2025-09-17 9:19 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] string-list: replace negative index encoding with "exact_match" parameter shejialuo
2025-09-23 8:14 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-10-05 13:31 ` shejialuo
2025-09-23 9:35 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-09-23 18:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-24 5:36 ` Jeff King
2025-09-24 13:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-25 2:50 ` Jeff King
2025-09-25 13:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-09 5:52 ` Jeff King
2025-10-08 1:49 ` Collin Funk
2025-10-09 5:55 ` Jeff King
2025-10-05 14:11 ` shejialuo
2025-10-05 14:06 ` shejialuo
2025-09-17 9:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] string-list: change "string_list_find_insert_index" return type to "size_t" shejialuo
2025-09-23 9:44 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-10-05 9:29 ` shejialuo
2025-09-17 9:20 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] refs: enable sign compare warnings check shejialuo
2025-10-06 6:28 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] enhance string-list API to fix sign compare warnings shejialuo
2025-10-06 6:32 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] string-list: use bool instead of int for "exact_match" shejialuo
2025-10-06 6:32 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] string-list: replace negative index encoding with "exact_match" parameter shejialuo
2025-10-06 6:32 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] string-list: change "string_list_find_insert_index" return type to "size_t" shejialuo
2025-10-09 6:03 ` Jeff King
2025-10-06 6:32 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] refs: enable sign compare warnings check shejialuo
2025-10-06 22:09 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] enhance string-list API to fix sign compare warnings Junio C Hamano
2025-10-08 1:52 ` Collin Funk
2025-10-08 15:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-08 8:11 ` Karthik Nayak
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2025-09-07 16:40 [PATCH 1/4] string-list: allow passing NULL for `get_entry_index` shejialuo
2025-09-08 16:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-10 0:09 ` Ben Knoble
2025-09-10 1:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-10 2:04 ` Ben Knoble
2025-09-15 12:08 ` shejialuo
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