Re: [PATCH 3/3] Use stringbuf to clean up some string handling code.
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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- May 20, 2007, 10:04 UTC
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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:
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> Timo Sirainen, Sun, May 20, 2007 04:25:42 +0200: >> --- >> commit.c | 30 +++++++++++++----------------- >> local-fetch.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++------------------ >> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) > > I find it hard to believe that it actually was a cleanup. > > It is a nicer code, but... it is bigger, heavier on stack, and it does > not actually fix anything. > > In my experience, such changes are seldom worth the effort. It may be > a nice code (and I actually like str.[hc]), but its use _must_ be > justified. I.e. it must simplify a complex formatting routine, or fix > a bug, which otherwise would be too hard or ugly to fix. It is > definitely not the case in this patch.
Thanks. I was kind of waiting for somebody to say that for me ;-)