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Re: [PATCH] strbuf: allocate enough space when strbuf_setlen() is called first time

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 26, 2011, 21:51 UTC
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René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> writes:
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> How about something like this instead?  The call to strbuf_grow() was
> introduced in a8f3e2219 when there was no strbuf_slopbuf buffer that
> nowadays makes sure we always have a place to write an initial NUL.
> We can take it out again now, simplifying the code and hopefully
> avoiding future confusion.
Thanks; I think that makes sense.

It further may make sense to turn the assert into BUG() though, to clarify what kind of programming error we are trying to catch. Perhaps like:

>  static inline void strbuf_setlen(struct strbuf *sb, size_t len) {
> +	assert(len < (sb->alloc ? sb->alloc : 1));
	if (len < (sb->alloc ? sb->alloc : 1))
		die("programming error: using strbuf_setlen() to extend a strbuf");
>  	sb->len = len;
>  	sb->buf[len] = '\0';
>  }
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Message 8 of 11 in “strbuf: allocate enough space when strbuf_setlen() is called first time”
  1. strbuf: allocate enough space when strbuf_setlen() is called first timeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 26, 2011
  2. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyApr 26, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2011
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyApr 26, 2011
  5. René ScharfeApr 26, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2011
  7. René ScharfeApr 26, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2011
  9. René ScharfeApr 27, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2011
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyApr 27, 2011

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