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Re: [PATCH 1/2] sideband.c: Use xmalloc() instead of variable-sized arrays.

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jan 9, 2008, 08:06 UTC
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Junio C Hamano schrieb:
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> Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
> 
>> Having said that, I'd actually prefer to stay with variable-sized arrays
>> if they prove portable enough because we don't need the handful of free()s
>> on function exits. Junio, if you like I can resend patch 2/2 using
>> variable-sized arrays.
> 
> As an old fashoned git myself, and given the fact that the
> possible prefix and suffix are small number of short constant
> strings, I actually prefer a simpler-and-more-stupid approach.
> 
>  sideband.c |   18 +++++++++++++-----
>  1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Thanks, your version works well here, too, as a replacement of my two patches.
-- Hannes
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  1. 1/2 sideband.c: Use xmalloc() instead of variable-sized arrays.Johannes Sixt, Jan 8, 2008
  2. Nicolas PitreJan 8, 2008
  3. Johannes SixtJan 9, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2008
  5. Johannes SixtJan 9, 2008
  6. Nicolas PitreJan 9, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2008
  8. Nicolas PitreJan 8, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2008
  10. Nicolas PitreJan 8, 2008
  11. Johannes SixtJan 9, 2008

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