From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:53:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] convert object type handling from a string to a number
Message-ID: <7v8xejhnwd.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vejobhor2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
>
>> We currently have two parallel notation for dealing with object types
>> in the code: a string and a numerical value.  One of them is obviously
>> redundent, and the most used one requires more stack space and a bunch
>> of strcmp() all over the place.
>>
>> This is an initial step for the removal of the version using a char array
>> found in object reading code paths.  The patch is unfortunately large but
>> there is no sane way to split it in smaller parts without breaking the
>> system.

Will your next step be to convert write_sha1_file() and friends?