Re: [PATCH v8 1/4] sha1_file.c: support reading from a loose object of unknown type

> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:15:28AM +0530, karthik nayak wrote:
>
>>> But now we use type_from_string_gently, which can accept a length[1]. So
>>> we could just count the bytes to the first space and pass the original
>>> buffer along with that length, no?
>>
>> Yes, we could, that would eliminate  "struct strbuf typename =
>> STRBUF_INIT".
>>
>> Something like this perhaps :
>
> Yeah, this is exactly what I had in mind.
>
>>    {
>> -       char type[10];
>> -       int i;
>> +       const char *buf = hdr;
>>           unsigned long size;
>> +       int type, len = 0;
>
> Maybe switch the names of "buf" and "len" to "type_buf" and "type_len"
> to make their purpose more clear?
>
> -Peff
>