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Re: [PATCH 1/4] add generic, type aware object chain walker

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 25, 2008, 07:59 UTC
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mkoegler@auto.tuwien.ac.at (Martin Koegler) writes:
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> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 07:08:39PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> ...
>> > +	while (parents) {
>> > +		result = walk((struct object*)parents->item, OBJ_COMMIT, data);
>> > +		if (result)
>> > +			return result;
>> > +		parents = parents->next;
>> > +	}
>> > +	return 0;
>> > +}
>> 
>> Hmm.  For the purpose of proving there is _no_ error (or an
>> error or more), it would be Ok to return early like this, but
>> won't there be cases where you would want to get as many
>> coverage as possible?
>> 
>> For example, I do not think you can use this to mark reachable
>> objects.  Even if you find error walking the first parent
>> history, you would want to still mark a healthy second parent
>> history reachable.
>
> How should I define the return value of fsck_walk in the presence of
> multiple errors?
Returning error is fine.  That is not what I was talking about.

I was talking about an early return in the code, that does not callback once you find an error.

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  1. 1/4 add generic, type aware object chain walkerMartin Koegler, Feb 24, 2008
  2. 2/4 builtin-fsck: move away from object-refsMartin Koegler, Feb 24, 2008
  3. 3/4 Remove unused object-ref codeMartin Koegler, Feb 24, 2008
  4. 4/4 builtin-fsck: reports missing parent commitsMartin Koegler, Feb 24, 2008
  5. Shawn O. PearceFeb 25, 2008
  6. Martin KoeglerFeb 25, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2008
  8. Martin KoeglerFeb 25, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2008
  10. Martin KoeglerFeb 25, 2008
  11. Shawn O. PearceFeb 25, 2008
  12. Nicolas PitreFeb 25, 2008
  13. Shawn O. PearceFeb 25, 2008
  14. Nicolas PitreFeb 25, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2008
  16. Martin KoeglerFeb 25, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2008
  18. Martin KoeglerFeb 25, 2008
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