Re: [PATCH GSoC v3 3/8] fetch-object-info: pass arguments directly instead of a struct

From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 4, 2026, 15:23 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOLa=ZQbbziEK8HiPU7Lpsn0NmWfEnh=-L4wSBFt4qHJWAbJHw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260803-objecttype-support-v3-3-7176fecf7950@gmail.com>

Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com> writes:

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> struct object_info_args groups three pointers that already live in the
> transport and are given to fetch_object_info().
> Grouping them into a struct reduces the number of parameters, but it
> suggests that fetch_object_info() uses all three of them.
>

But it does use all of them, no? Not sure I follow the reasoning here.

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