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Re: [PATCH] alloc_ref(): allow for trailing NUL

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 28, 2007, 18:08 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> 
>> > Further, I am quite sure that the same mistake will happen again, until we 
>> > change the function to get the name length, not the number of bytes to 
>> > allocate.
>> 
>> I agree. But leaving the majority of cases using the old convention is 
>> just confusing.
>
> Yeah, sorry, that patch was only half-cooked.
>
> If people agree with me, I'll redo the patch (fixing all calling sites, 
> too).
I think that is probably a better solution.
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  1. alloc_ref(): allow for trailing NULJohannes Schindelin, Sep 28, 2007
  2. Daniel BarkalowSep 28, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinSep 28, 2007
  5. Pierre HabouzitSep 28, 2007
  6. Pierre HabouzitSep 28, 2007
  7. Daniel BarkalowSep 28, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinSep 28, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2007

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