From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 19:29:24 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 09/14] git-clean: use a git-add-interactive compatible UI Message-ID: <7vy5be4tbf.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <9d73d532fb2d8372b971d607b9ddaa1af2b84ffd.1368696028.git.worldhello.net@gmail.com> Jiang Xin writes: > +static void print_highlight_menu_stuff(struct menu_stuff *stuff, int **chosen) > +{ > + struct string_list menu_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP; > + struct strbuf menu = STRBUF_INIT; > + int i; > + > + if (MENU_STUFF_TYPE_MENU_ITEM == stuff->type) { > + ... > + } else if (MENU_STUFF_TYPE_STRING_LIST == stuff->type) { > + ... > + } This is better to write as: switch (stuff->type) { default: die("programming error"); case MENU_STUFF_TYPE_MENU_ITEM: ... break; case MENU_STUFF_TYPE_STRING_LIST: ... break; } Besides, there is no good reason to write an equality comparison between constant and variable in that order (people call it a "Yoda condition"); do "var == const" if you must. Also please fix this one: > + for_each_string_list_item(item, (struct string_list *)stuff->stuff) { > + if ((*chosen)[i] < 0) > + (*chosen)[i] = 0; > + strbuf_addf(&menu, "%s%2d: %s", (*chosen)[i] ? "*" : " ", ++i, item->string); Because the evaluation order of function arguments are not defined (not left to right; these are comma-expressions), (*chosen)[i] ? "*" : " " may use the original value of "i", or value after increment the evaluation of ++i left in "i".