Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] i18n: tag.c factorize i18n strings
On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 01:16:40 CET Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Does it really matter? I.e. we've got plenty of options parsing code in
> > various places that might complain about issues A and B with your
> > command-line, but will only emit one of those at a time.
> > ...
> > But until such an improvement something as trivial as minimizing the
> > diff size (i.e. not needing "if" -> "else if") seems preferrable to
> > slavishly maintaining compatibility with the exact sequence of errors
> > we'd emit before.
>
> The patch is already touching every other line. Making the change
> into a replacement of solid block into another solid block would
> probably make the resulting patch easier to read.
>
> And by doing so, the submitter demonstrates to reviewers that they
> _care_, as such an attention to detail is a sign that the submitter
> thought the ramifications of changing an early die() into an
> assignment that keeps going.
>
> So, yes, it does matter.
>
Sorry. The developer hat was taken off ; will reroll shortly.