Re: [PATCH 1/2] gitview: Use new-style classes

> Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> writes:
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
> 
> Aneesh, this one is in your bailiwick.
> 
> Michael, it would have been nicer to have a real log message,
> not just the Subject line, in your message.  The Subject line
> says what the patch does in what subarea of the git.git tree,
> which is very appropriate, but that can be seen from the diff
> even if you did not say so.  The log message (before your
> Signed-off-by line) is where you describe _why_ you would think
> it is a good change.  "What" and "how" are usually evident in
> well written code without much explanation, but "why" is often
> more useful when reviewing the patch, and reading and studying
> the history of the code.
> 
> I would have written something like:
> 
> 	This changes the Commit class to use new-style class,
> 	which has been available since Python 2.2 (Dec 2001).
> 	This is a necessary step in order to use __slots__
> 	declaration so that we can reduce the memory footprint
> 	with my next patch.
> 
> I have no strong preference on this change myself.  "Classes
> that derive from type" are relatively recent invention but I
> would personally feel that Python 2.2 is ancient enough that
> using it would not pose any practical portability issues, but
> what would I know...