From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ci: add build checking for side-effects in assert() calls
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:29:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqa59nh66g.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BHRSnNE0zj9kRjrVm4-NXt33tYBT_iSgZU-5JU9Y2vp3w@mail.gmail.com> (Elijah Newren's message of "Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:27:50 -0700")
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
>> Licensing, mostly, as clever things we see are not necessarily home
>> grown. I know the patch came with DCO sign-off, but it does not
>> hurt to double check.
>
> These two lines:
>
>> +extern int not_supposed_to_survive;
>> +#define assert(expr) ((void)(not_supposed_to_survive || (expr)))
>
> , which serve as the core trick, I had used elsewhere before.
It may be arguable that it is too small to be copyrightable and
there is no other way to express the idea behind that check, but
in any case ...
> Anyone got a clever alternative?
... as I cannot unsee your patch, I cannot be the one who comes up
with a clever alternative, if we are worried about licensing with
what you posted X-<.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-14 17:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-14 0:20 [PATCH 0/3] Add a static analysis job to prevent assertions with side effects Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-14 0:20 ` [PATCH 1/3] git-compat-util: introduce BUG_IF_NOT() macro Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-14 0:20 ` [PATCH 2/3] ci: add build checking for side-effects in assert() calls Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-14 1:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-03-14 1:18 ` brian m. carlson
2025-03-14 1:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-03-14 1:27 ` Elijah Newren
2025-03-14 17:29 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-03-16 6:38 ` Elijah Newren
2025-03-17 15:45 ` Elijah Newren
2025-03-17 22:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-03-14 0:20 ` [PATCH 3/3] treewide: replace assert() with BUG_IF_NOT() in special cases Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-16 6:41 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Add a static analysis job to prevent assertions with side effects Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-16 6:42 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] git-compat-util: introduce BUG_IF_NOT() macro Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-17 22:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-03-17 22:36 ` Taylor Blau
2025-03-16 6:42 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ci: add build checking for side-effects in assert() calls Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-17 22:30 ` Taylor Blau
2025-03-19 16:21 ` Elijah Newren
2025-03-19 22:26 ` Taylor Blau
2025-03-17 22:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-03-16 6:42 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] treewide: replace assert() with BUG_IF_NOT() in special cases Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-17 22:33 ` Taylor Blau
2025-03-17 22:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Add a static analysis job to prevent assertions with side effects Taylor Blau
2025-03-19 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-19 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] git-compat-util: introduce ASSERT() macro Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-19 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] ci: add build checking for side-effects in assert() calls Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-19 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] treewide: replace assert() with ASSERT() in special cases Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2025-03-19 22:27 ` Taylor Blau
2025-03-19 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add a static analysis job to prevent assertions with side effects Taylor Blau
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