From: Karsten Blees Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:58:36 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] pack-bitmap: do not use gcc packed attribute Message-ID: <53E27ADC.4070501@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140805184724.GA10369@peff.net> Am 05.08.2014 20:47, schrieb Jeff King: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 09:19:46PM +0200, Karsten Blees wrote: > >> Hmm, I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler to read / write the desired on-disk >> structure directly, without copying to a uchar[6] first. > > Probably. My initial attempt was to keep together the read/write logic > about which sizes each item is, but I think the result ended up > unnecessarily verbose and harder to follow. > Yeah, having read / write logic in different files is confusing, esp. when not using structs to define the file format. >> Here's what I came up with (just a sketch, commit message is lacky and the >> helper functions deserve a better place / name): > > I like it. Want to clean it up and submit in place of mine? > Will do, but it will have to wait till next week. > -Peff >