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[PATCH 2/2] branch: clean up repeated strlen

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 19, 2009, 03:35 UTC
Message-ID
<20090219033545.GB18970@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<20090219033329.GA13666@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Commit 45e2b61 fixed the initialization of a "len" struct parameter via strlen. We can use that to clean up what is now 3 strlens in a 6-line sequence.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
I guess a good compiler could optimize these out, but I think it
actually reads a little bit nicer.
 builtin-branch.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 13e4de8..14d4b91 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ static void print_ref_list(int kinds, int detached, int verbose, int abbrev, str
 		item.kind = REF_LOCAL_BRANCH;
 		item.dest = NULL;
 		item.commit = head_commit;
-		if (strlen(item.name) > ref_list.maxwidth)
-			ref_list.maxwidth = strlen(item.name);
+		if (item.len > ref_list.maxwidth)
+			ref_list.maxwidth = item.len;
 		print_ref_item(&item, ref_list.maxwidth, verbose, abbrev, 1, "");
 		free(item.name);
 	}
-- 
1.6.2.rc1.210.g1210c
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  11. 2/2 branch: clean up repeated strlenJeff King, Feb 19, 2009
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