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Re: [patch 02/15] const-expr.patch

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Mar 16, 2010, 07:31 UTC
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Gary V. Vaughan schrieb:
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> Unfortunately, there are still plenty of production systems with
> vendor compilers that choke unless all compound declarations can be
> determined statically at compile time, for example hpux10.20 (I can
> provide a comprehensive list of our supported platforms that exhibit
> this problem if necessary).

Yes, a comprehensive list would be appreciated. This change is an uglification that I personally would prefer to stay out of the code base unless many consumers of git are hurt.

The problem with this non-feature is that it is all too easy that new code introduces new incompatibilities.

> Index: b/ll-merge.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/ll-merge.c
> +++ b/ll-merge.c
BTW, did you notice that git is a version control system that hosts itself? ;)
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> +	dict[0].placeholder = "O"; dict[0].value = temp[0];
> +	dict[1].placeholder = "A"; dict[1].value = temp[1];
> +	dict[2].placeholder = "B"; dict[2].value = temp[2];
> +	dict[3].placeholder = "L"; dict[3].value = temp[3];
> +	dict[3].placeholder = NULL; dict[3].value = NULL;
	dict[4]...
-- Hannes
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Message 5 of 37 in “Portability Patches v3”
  1. 00/15 Portability Patches v3Gary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  2. 01/15 user-cppflags.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  4. 02/15 const-expr.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  5. Johannes SixtMar 16, 2010
  6. Gary V. VaughanMar 16, 2010
  7. Avery PennarunMar 16, 2010
  8. Gary V. VaughanApr 25, 2010
  9. 03/15 pthread.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  11. 04/15 diff-export.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  13. 05/15 diff-test_cmp.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  15. Gary V. VaughanApr 25, 2010
  16. 06/15 diff-defaults.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  18. Gary V. VaughanApr 25, 2010
  19. 07/15 host-IRIX.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  21. Gary V. VaughanApr 25, 2010
  22. Brandon CaseyMar 16, 2010
  23. Gary V. VaughanApr 25, 2010
  24. 08/15 host-HPUX10.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  25. 09/15 host-HPUX11.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  26. 10/15 host-OSF1.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  27. 11/15 no-hstrerror.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  29. Gary V. VaughanApr 25, 2010
  30. 12/15 no-inet_ntop.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  31. 13/15 no-socklen_t.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  32. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  33. Gary V. VaughanApr 25, 2010
  34. 14/15 no-ss_family.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  35. 15/15 no-inline.patchGary V. Vaughan, Mar 16, 2010
  36. Sverre RabbelierMar 16, 2010
  37. Brandon CaseyMar 16, 2010

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