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[PATCH v3 01/13] bisect--helper: convert `vocab_*` char pointers to char arrays

From
Miriam Rubio <mirucam@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 8, 2020, 09:06 UTC
Message-ID
<20200208090704.26506-2-mirucam@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20200208090704.26506-1-mirucam@gmail.com>

Instead of using a pointer that points at a constant string, just give name directly to the constant string; this way, we do not have to allocate a pointer variable in addition to the string we want to use.

Let's convert `vocab_bad` and `vocab_good` char pointers to char arrays.
Mentored-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Miriam Rubio <mirucam@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/bisect--helper.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
index 1718df7f09..36c09b7238 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ static void set_terms(struct bisect_terms *terms, const char *bad,
 	terms->term_bad = xstrdup(bad);
 }
 
-static const char *vocab_bad = "bad|new";
-static const char *vocab_good = "good|old";
+static const char vocab_bad[] = "bad|new";
+static const char vocab_good[] = "good|old";
 
 /*
  * Check whether the string `term` belongs to the set of strings
-- 
2.25.0
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  1. Miriam RubioFeb 8, 2020
  2. 01/13 bisect--helper: convert `vocab_*` char pointers to char arraysMiriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  3. 02/13 bisect--helper: change `retval` to `res`Miriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  4. 03/13 bisect: use the standard 'if (!var)' way to check for 0Miriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  5. 04/13 run-command: make `exists_in_PATH()` non-staticMiriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  6. René ScharfeFeb 8, 2020
  7. Miriam R.Feb 9, 2020
  8. Taylor BlauFeb 9, 2020
  9. 06/13 bisect: add enum to represent bisect returning codesMiriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  10. 05/13 bisect--helper: introduce new `decide_next()` functionMiriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  11. 07/13 bisect--helper: return error codes from `cmd_bisect__helper()`Miriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  12. 08/13 bisect: libify `exit_if_skipped_commits` to `error_if_skipped*` and its dependentsMiriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  13. 09/13 bisect: libify `bisect_checkout`Miriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  14. 10/13 bisect: libify `check_merge_bases` and its dependentsMiriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  15. 12/13 bisect: libify `handle_bad_merge_base` and its dependentsMiriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  16. 11/13 bisect: libify `check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad` and its dependentsMiriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  17. 13/13 bisect: libify `bisect_next_all`Miriam Rubio, Feb 8, 2020
  18. Miriam R.Feb 10, 2020

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