From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>,
Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] skip_prefix(): check const match between in and out params
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:50:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqqzoxs6ni.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260402060119.GA3504521@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Thu, 2 Apr 2026 02:01:19 -0400")
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 10:11:45PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>>
>> > +/*
>> > + * Check that an out-parameter that is "at least as const as" a matching
>> > + * in-parameter. For example, skip_prefix() will return "out" that is a subset
>> > + * of "str". So:
>>
>> Sorry for not mentioning earlier, but I couldn't quite parse the
>> above with "that" immediately after "out-parameter". I am guessing
>> that you wanted to say an equivalent of
>>
>> Check that an out-parameter "out" is at least as const as a
>> matching in-parameter "in".
>
> Yes, it's just a typo. What you wrote is what I meant. Can you fix it up
> while applying?
Will do. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-02 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-31 23:38 [PATCH 0/12] fixing the remainder of the C23 strchr warnings Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:41 ` [PATCH 01/12] convert: add const to fix strchr() warnings Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:41 ` [PATCH 02/12] http: " Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:41 ` [PATCH 03/12] transport-helper: drop " Jeff King
2026-04-01 13:46 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-31 23:42 ` [PATCH 04/12] pager: explicitly cast away strchr() constness Jeff King
2026-04-01 20:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02 3:54 ` Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:42 ` [PATCH 05/12] run-command: explicitly cast away constness when assigning to void Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:44 ` [PATCH 06/12] find_last_dir_sep(): convert inline function to macro Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:46 ` [PATCH 07/12] pseudo-merge: fix disk reads from find_pseudo_merge() Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:56 ` Jeff King
2026-04-01 21:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02 23:51 ` Taylor Blau
2026-03-31 23:50 ` [PATCH 08/12] skip_prefix(): check const match between in and out params Jeff King
2026-04-01 13:17 ` Phillip Wood
2026-04-01 14:04 ` Phillip Wood
2026-04-01 19:24 ` Jeff King
2026-04-01 22:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02 15:05 ` Phillip Wood
2026-04-01 13:46 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-31 23:51 ` [PATCH 09/12] pkt-line: make packet_reader.line non-const Jeff King
2026-04-01 22:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02 3:55 ` Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:52 ` [PATCH 10/12] range-diff: drop const to fix strstr() warnings Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:52 ` [PATCH 11/12] http: drop const to fix strstr() warning Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:53 ` [PATCH 12/12] refs/files-backend: drop const to fix strchr() warning Jeff King
2026-04-01 13:46 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-01 22:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02 3:56 ` Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:14 ` [PATCH v2 0/12] fixing the remainder of the C23 strchr warnings Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:14 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] convert: add const to fix strchr() warnings Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:14 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] http: " Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:14 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] transport-helper: drop " Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:14 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] pager: explicitly cast away strchr() constness Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:15 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] run-command: explicitly cast away constness when assigning to void Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:15 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] find_last_dir_sep(): convert inline function to macro Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:15 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] pseudo-merge: fix disk reads from find_pseudo_merge() Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:15 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] skip_prefix(): check const match between in and out params Jeff King
2026-04-02 5:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02 6:01 ` Jeff King
2026-04-02 15:50 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-04-02 15:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-03 11:13 ` Toon Claes
2026-04-04 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 13/12] git-compat-util: fix CONST_OUTPARAM typo and indentation Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:15 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] pkt-line: make packet_reader.line non-const Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:15 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] range-diff: drop const to fix strstr() warnings Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:15 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] http: drop const to fix strstr() warning Jeff King
2026-04-02 4:15 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] refs/files-backend: drop const to fix strchr() warning Jeff King
2026-04-03 11:14 ` [PATCH v2 0/12] fixing the remainder of the C23 strchr warnings Toon Claes
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