Re: [PATCH 1/9] tmp_objdir: add a helper function for discarding all contained objects

>
> Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> > +void tmp_objdir_discard_objects(struct tmp_objdir *t)
> >> > +{
> >> > +     remove_dir_recursively(&t->path, REMOVE_DIR_KEEP_TOPLEVEL);
> >> > +}
> >> > +
> >>
> >> OK.
> >>
> >> Without a caller, it is a bit hard to judge if a separate helper
> >> makes the caller easier to read and understand, or becomes an extra
> >> layer of abstraction that obscures the logic.  Hopefully, having a
> >> more specific function name with "tmp" and "discard" in it makes the
> >> intent at callers more clear than the function that is named after
> >> the detail of the operation.
> >
> > This isn't just a convenience; since tmp_objdir is defined in
> > tmp-objdir.c rather than tmp-objdir.h, t->path is not accessible
> > outside of tmp-objdir.c.  Because of this, some kind of helper
> > function is necessary.
>
> But adding this function as an extra level of abstration is *not*
> the only way to expose the feature.  Instead the internal of "struct
> tmp_objdir" could be exposed to the caller that wants to discard the
> files inside the path.