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Re: [PATCH 03/17] revert: Don't check lone argument in get_encoding

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 13, 2011, 06:30 UTC
Message-ID
<20110713063011.GB31003@elie>
In-Reply-To
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Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
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> I should have done this earlier.  Thanks for being so patient :)
>
> revert: Don't check lone argument in get_encoding
>
> The get_encoding function has only one callsite, and its caller makes
> sure that a NULL argument isn't passed.  Don't unnecessarily double
> check the same argument in get_encoding.  As a result, avoid passing
> "commit" around, and remove a string marked for translation that will
> never be shown.

Getting closer. This still leaves the motivation unclear --- when I read it it sounds to me like you're saying that avoiding unnecessary code is the motivation, and that not passing "commit" around and removing a string marked for translation are means to that end.

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Message 15 of 99 in “[GSoC update] Sequencer for inclusion”
  1. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 11, 2011
  2. 01/17 advice: Introduce error_resolve_conflictRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  3. 02/17 revert: Inline add_message_to_msg functionRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  4. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 13, 2011
  6. Jonathan NiederJul 13, 2011
  7. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 19, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2011
  9. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 19, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 19, 2011
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 20, 2011
  12. 03/17 revert: Don't check lone argument in get_encodingRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  13. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  14. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 13, 2011
  15. Jonathan NiederJul 13, 2011
  16. 04/17 revert: Rename no_replay to record_originRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  17. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  18. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 13, 2011
  19. Jonathan NiederJul 17, 2011
  20. 05/17 revert: Propogate errors upwards from do_pick_commitRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  21. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  22. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 17, 2011
  23. Jonathan NiederJul 17, 2011
  24. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 19, 2011
  25. 06/17 revert: Eliminate global "commit" variableRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  26. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  27. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 13, 2011
  28. Jonathan NiederJul 13, 2011
  29. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 13, 2011
  30. Jonathan NiederJul 13, 2011
  31. 07/17 revert: Introduce struct to keep command-line optionsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  32. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  33. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 13, 2011
  34. 08/17 revert: Separate cmdline parsing from functional codeRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  35. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  36. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 18, 2011
  37. Jonathan NiederJul 18, 2011
  38. 09/17 revert: Don't create invalid replay_opts in parse_argsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  39. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2011
  40. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 12, 2011
  41. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  42. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 17, 2011
  43. Jonathan NiederJul 17, 2011
  44. 10/17 sequencer: Announce sequencer state locationRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  45. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  46. Sverre RabbelierJul 13, 2011
  47. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 17, 2011
  48. Jonathan NiederJul 17, 2011
  49. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 18, 2011
  50. 11/17 revert: Save data for continuing after conflict resolutionRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  51. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2011
  52. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2011
  53. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 12, 2011
  54. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  55. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 17, 2011
  56. Jonathan NiederJul 17, 2011
  57. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 18, 2011
  58. Jonathan NiederJul 19, 2011
  59. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 19, 2011
  60. 12/17 revert: Save command-line options for continuing operationRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  61. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2011
  62. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 12, 2011
  63. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  64. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 18, 2011
  65. 13/17 revert: Introduce a layer of indirection over pick_commitsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  66. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  67. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 18, 2011
  68. 14/17 reset: Make hard reset remove the sequencer stateRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  69. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  70. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 17, 2011
  71. 15/17 revert: Remove sequencer state when no commits are pendingRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  72. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2011
  73. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 12, 2011
  74. 16/17 revert: Introduce --reset to remove sequencer stateRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  75. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  76. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 17, 2011
  77. Jonathan NiederJul 17, 2011
  78. 17/17 revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operationRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 11, 2011
  79. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  80. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 17, 2011
  81. Jonathan NiederJul 17, 2011
  82. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 18, 2011
  83. Jonathan NiederJul 18, 2011
  84. Jonathan NiederJul 11, 2011
  85. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 11, 2011
  86. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 11, 2011
  87. Jonathan NiederJul 11, 2011
  88. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 12, 2011
  89. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2011
  90. Jeff KingJul 11, 2011
  91. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 12, 2011
  92. Jeff KingJul 12, 2011
  93. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 13, 2011
  94. Jeff KingJul 13, 2011
  95. config: Introduce functions to write non-standard fileRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 18, 2011
  96. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2011
  97. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 19, 2011
  98. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2011
  99. Miles BaderJul 12, 2011

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