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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Fix some warnings (on cygwin) to allow -Werror

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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
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Jul 8, 2008, 22:21 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> ...
>>>> @@ -1718,7 +1720,8 @@ static int add_ref_tag(const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, vo
>>>>  static void prepare_pack(int window, int depth)
>>>>  {
>>>>  	struct object_entry **delta_list;
>>>> -	uint32_t i, n, nr_deltas;
>>>> +	uint32_t i, nr_deltas;
>>>> +	unsigned n;
>>> Hmm.  Is this change necessary?
>> Yes, otherwise:
>>
>> builtin-pack-objects.c: In function `prepare_pack':
>> builtin-pack-objects.c:1760: warning: passing arg 2 of `find_deltas' from incompatible pointer type
>> make: *** [builtin-pack-objects.o] Error 1
>>
>> Note that ll_find_deltas() is #defined to find_deltas() in the #else arm
>> of #ifdef THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH, and find_deltas() takes an "unsigned *"
> 
> Ah, I missed that.  So it is not just warning squelch but is a bugfix in
> case unsigned and uint32_t are of different sizes.
> 
Yes, but I didn't think about that when I "fixed" it ;-)
ATB,
Ramsay Jones
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  1. Fix some warnings (on cygwin) to allow -WerrorRamsay Jones, Jul 3, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2008
  3. Ramsay JonesJul 5, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2008
  5. Ramsay JonesJul 8, 2008
  6. Steffen ProhaskaJul 4, 2008
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