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[PATCH 5a/5] streaming: void pointer instead of char pointer

From
René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date
Apr 30, 2012, 22:11 UTC
Message-ID
<4F9F0E2A.1060004@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To
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Allow any kind of buffer to be fed to read_istream() without an explicit cast by making it's buf argument a void pointer. It's about arbitrary data, not only characters.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
---
 streaming.c |    2 +-
 streaming.h |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/streaming.c b/streaming.c
index 7e7ee2b..3a3cd12 100644
--- a/streaming.c
+++ b/streaming.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ int close_istream(struct git_istream *st)
 	return r;
 }
 
-ssize_t read_istream(struct git_istream *st, char *buf, size_t sz)
+ssize_t read_istream(struct git_istream *st, void *buf, size_t sz)
 {
 	return st->vtbl->read(st, buf, sz);
 }
diff --git a/streaming.h b/streaming.h
index 3e82770..1d05c2a 100644
--- a/streaming.h
+++ b/streaming.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ struct git_istream;
 
 extern struct git_istream *open_istream(const unsigned char *, enum object_type *, unsigned long *, struct stream_filter *);
 extern int close_istream(struct git_istream *);
-extern ssize_t read_istream(struct git_istream *, char *, size_t);
+extern ssize_t read_istream(struct git_istream *, void *, size_t);
 
 extern int stream_blob_to_fd(int fd, const unsigned char *, struct stream_filter *, int can_seek);
 
-- 
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  2. 1/5 archive-tar: turn write_tar_entry into blob-writing onlyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 30, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2012
  4. René ScharfeApr 30, 2012
  5. 2/5 archive-tar: unindent write_tar_entry by one levelNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 30, 2012
  6. 3/5 archive: delegate blob reading to backendNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 30, 2012
  7. René ScharfeApr 30, 2012
  8. 4/5 archive-tar: stream large blobs to tar fileNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 30, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2012
  10. René ScharfeApr 30, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2012
  12. René ScharfeApr 30, 2012
  13. 5/5 archive-zip: stream large blobs into zip fileNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 30, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2012
  15. René ScharfeApr 30, 2012
  16. streaming: void pointer instead of char pointerRené Scharfe, Apr 30, 2012
  17. archive-zip: remove uncompressed_sizeRené Scharfe, Apr 30, 2012
  18. archive-zip: factor out helpers for writing sizes and CRCRené Scharfe, Apr 30, 2012
  19. archive-zip: streaming for stored filesRené Scharfe, Apr 30, 2012
  20. archive-zip: streaming for deflated filesRené Scharfe, Apr 30, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2012
  22. René ScharfeApr 30, 2012
  23. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 1, 2012

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