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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>,
	Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] parse-options: use and require int pointer for OPT_CMDMODE
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 10:45:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqa5tmau6e.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230912084029.GD1630538@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:40:29 -0400")

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

>> True.  Though I don't fully understand these warnings (why not then
>> also warn about if without else?), but taking them away is a bit rude
>> to those who care.
>
> I think losing warnings is unfortunate, but it's just one example.
> We're losing the type information completely from the values.
> ...
>> Or to use an int to point to and then copy into a companion enum
>> variable to after parsing, which would be my choice.
>
> Yeah, I had the same thought. I'm just not sure how to do that in a way
> that isn't a pain for the callers.

The discussion seems to have petered out around this point.
What (if anything) do we want to do with this topic?

  reply	other threads:[~2023-09-16 17:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-09 21:10 [PATCH 1/2] parse-options: add int value pointer to struct option René Scharfe
2023-09-09 21:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] parse-options: use and require int pointer for OPT_CMDMODE René Scharfe
2023-09-10 10:18   ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-11 20:11     ` René Scharfe
2023-09-12  8:40       ` Jeff King
2023-09-16 17:45         ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2023-09-18  9:28           ` René Scharfe
2023-09-18 10:10             ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-19  7:41               ` René Scharfe
2023-09-21 11:07                 ` [PATCH] am: fix error message in parse_opt_show_current_patch() Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-21 19:09                   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-21 19:28                     ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-18 13:33             ` [PATCH 2/2] parse-options: use and require int pointer for OPT_CMDMODE Phillip Wood
2023-09-18 17:11               ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-18 19:48                 ` Phillip Wood
2023-10-03  8:49                   ` René Scharfe
2023-10-03 17:15                     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-19  7:47               ` René Scharfe
2023-09-11 19:12   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-11 20:11     ` René Scharfe
2023-09-19  9:40   ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-20  8:18     ` René Scharfe
2023-09-21 10:40       ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-10-03  8:49         ` René Scharfe
2023-10-03  9:38           ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-10-03 17:54             ` René Scharfe
2023-10-03 18:24               ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-10 18:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] parse-options: add int value pointer to struct option Taylor Blau
2023-09-11 19:19   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-11 22:28     ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-18 11:34       ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2023-09-18  9:53     ` René Scharfe
2023-09-18 10:28       ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-18 16:17       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-20 11:34         ` René Scharfe
2023-09-11 20:12   ` René Scharfe

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