From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C3D1F97E for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 01:07:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726825AbeJIIVz (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2018 04:21:55 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-f48.google.com ([209.85.221.48]:38156 "EHLO mail-wr1-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726434AbeJIIVy (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2018 04:21:54 -0400 Received: by mail-wr1-f48.google.com with SMTP id a13-v6so22659320wrt.5 for ; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:07:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zGYYuG6u+mZxCt7y/1kNyrUDs4NMIDJIPIfFzLYpb5w=; b=TNeu9I3qGAnUwtRmXgwv6ogH1r9GD4pIcecxARr+RfvPvsQyyQktg3pQ/3Ou3ZRLbQ EQMYDExBmx3ZZAvafFmVyaP3jw6WS1BF1tC1u2hwNG06vcURoqx/LIUPHLMjOHbkVPLO TGPnBXEYCTdTHtMkJepJf7a2iYbpwZzcyJtZmPe2tXACOsQHX1WD97QQXrcx1Bh+Rv1L ToxnkCYf3mDYHrhVEtGbsIWhlinKLjYigfKtMMvu1wv5QRN5fermpT/rNTD8Yfhiw8au IGkaAt59tbNFJ6hxnASKofE0WwXF90B6bvvWG3aeQPTPowj3x7JIBjXKOFy4z+V6ARfe U0DA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=zGYYuG6u+mZxCt7y/1kNyrUDs4NMIDJIPIfFzLYpb5w=; b=D0SXlGuESGkgbXCq359+4fErpEbTDfcl2iwXUev1cn7FzNAhAzHCwzQ8EXQPMGSbg3 YtSksS5+7OCLTnXz8WaTXFQXptN2bZfMG36W923qsqgKHvZBzOKCoLd5WK465/h344xC j3syNri3fzAbOAAQvHpuO3TlzqGuV0Dtz0wV+H+IV7z153SaIg+Z7I9WzjHmdlzEm543 Ti/JJd/YI3K7cWm6xzJg0Nno9omug+K88e0n9cahNq1XqyefXv7KErebB0VDf6mOtJFw AZ5OobanzBIdcRUFOyn5ClwGWSv4QqNA0//fGYQd/W9wtkxxoQfCt+wjzA4Wv0MO0nAo u0xQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfoiVXjIqnaI9hGvmQHXdWs1/B+9qhOHG5Z7CtlEZdO6AAgfnrrRg /FD6uD6c926uvqBj/aBTzsA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV62BR2IpgTVsh1iMr97JVeiprHCLyf9OgigyFyUuKlsnMX6x36Xbzi69IbUUzDajD9Koj5GmBA== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:6748:: with SMTP id l8-v6mr1417593wrw.197.1539047250209; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:07:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (112.68.155.104.bc.googleusercontent.com. [104.155.68.112]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z12-v6sm6480801wrv.46.2018.10.08.18.07.28 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:07:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason Cc: Nicolas Pitre , Nix , Steven Grimm , Linus Torvalds , Git Mailing List , Christian Couder Subject: Re: What's so special about objects/17/ ? References: <7vr6lcj2zi.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20070905074206.GA31750@artemis.corp> <87odgh0zn6.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> <46DEF1FA.4050500@midwinter.com> <877in50y7p.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> <87k1mta9x5.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> <87h8hwafof.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 10:07:28 +0900 In-Reply-To: <87h8hwafof.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (=?utf-8?B?IsOGdmFyIEFy?= =?utf-8?B?bmZqw7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:36:16 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > Depending on how we're counting there's at least two. I thought you were asking "why the special sentinel is not 0{40}?" You counted the number of reasons why 0{40} is used to stand in for a real value, but that was the number I didn't find interesting in the scope of this discussion, i.e. "why the special sample is 17?" I vaguely recall we also used 0{39}1 for something else long time ago; I offhand do not recall if we still do, or we got rid of it.