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Re: [PATCH] Add the GIT_SENTINEL macro

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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
Date
Jul 20, 2013, 19:13 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> The sentinel function attribute is not understood by versions of
>> the gcc compiler prior to v4.0. At present, for earlier versions
>> of gcc, the build issues 108 warnings related to the unknown
>> attribute. In order to suppress the warnings, we conditionally
>> define the GIT_SENTINEL macro to provide the sentinel attribute
>> for gcc v4.0 and newer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
>> ---
>>
>> This was built on the next branch
> 
> It seems to apply well on the tip of jk/gcc-function-attributes.
> 
> 
>  - This macro is not about "git" at all, so I'll edit the patch to
>    call it GCC_ATTR_SENTINEL before applying.
> 
>  - Also I'll drop the (0) at the end.
> 
> Thanks.

Yes, GCC_ATTR_SENTINEL is a better name, but I like LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL even more! The final commit 9fe3edc4 ("Add the LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL macro", 18-07-2013) is much better than my patch and works beautifully.

Thanks Junio, Jeff and Jonathan!

ATB, Ramsay Jones

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Message 7 of 7 in “Add the GIT_SENTINEL macro”
  1. Add the GIT_SENTINEL macroRamsay Jones, Jul 18, 2013
  2. Jeff KingJul 18, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederJul 18, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2013
  5. Jonathan NiederJul 19, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2013
  7. Ramsay JonesJul 20, 2013

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