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Re: [PATCH 6/8] imap-send: change msg_data from storing (char *, len) to storing strbuf

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 29, 2012, 21:30 UTC
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> struct msg_data stored (char *, len) of the data to be included in a

That (<type>, <varname>) is a bit funny notation, even though it is understandable.

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> message, kept the character data NUL-terminated, etc., much like a
> strbuf would do.  So change it to use a struct strbuf.  This makes the
> code clearer and reduces copying a little bit.
>
> A side effect of this change is that the memory for each message is
> freed after it is used rather than leaked, though that detail is
> unimportant given that imap-send is a top-level command.
>
> --
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> For some reason, there is a bunch of infrastructure in this file for
> dealing with IMAP flags, although there is nothing in the code that
> actually allows any flags to be set.  If there is no plan to add
> support for flags in the future, a bunch of code could be ripped out
> and "struct msg_data" could be completely replaced with strbuf.

Yeah, after all these years we have kept the unused flags field there and nobody needed anything out of it. I am OK with a removal if it is done at the very end of the series.

Thanks.
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Message 8 of 18 in “Add function strbuf_addstr_xml_quoted() and more”
  1. 0/8 Add function strbuf_addstr_xml_quoted() and moreMichael Haggerty, Nov 25, 2012
  2. 1/8 Add new function strbuf_add_xml_quoted()Michael Haggerty, Nov 25, 2012
  3. 2/8 xml_entities(): use function strbuf_addstr_xml_quoted()Michael Haggerty, Nov 25, 2012
  4. 3/8 lf_to_crlf(): NUL-terminate msg_data::dataMichael Haggerty, Nov 25, 2012
  5. 4/8 imap-send: store all_msgs as a strbufMichael Haggerty, Nov 25, 2012
  6. 5/8 imap-send: correctly report errors reading from stdinMichael Haggerty, Nov 25, 2012
  7. 6/8 imap-send: change msg_data from storing (char *, len) to storing strbufMichael Haggerty, Nov 25, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2012
  9. Jeff KingNov 29, 2012
  10. Michael HaggertyNov 30, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2012
  12. Michael HaggertyDec 2, 2012
  13. Thiago FarinaDec 3, 2012
  14. 7/8 wrap_in_html(): use strbuf_addstr_xml_quoted()Michael Haggerty, Nov 25, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2012
  16. Michael HaggertyNov 30, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2012
  18. Michael HaggertyDec 2, 2012

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