Re: [PATCH 2/2] [GSOC] ref-filter: add %(raw) atom

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> The point is that you can piggyback existing string comparison
> (which is called "parsing") and use the parsed result (i.e. if you
> can compare with ATOM_RAW instead of adding another strcmp(), that
> can be a better solution).
>
> That only says using parse_sorting_atom() and relying on the check
> in the function is still too early, and does not necessarily support
> the posted patch that redundantly runs strcmp().
>
> After parsing all the command line options, we have used_atom[]
> fully populated and we know what host language we are quoting the
> result for---and that makes a good place to check for comflicting
> requests.
>

> > After all, the reason why this must be done here is the ref-filter
> > original logic
> > has not considered rejecting a format atom and an option.
>
> That is something you can fix to make the code easier to follow, no?