Re: [PATCH/RFC 01/10] ref-filter: introduce a parsing function for each atom in valid_atom

> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Introduce a parsing function for each atom in valid_atom. Using this
>> we can define special parsing functions for each of the atoms. Since
>> we have a third field in valid_atom structure, we now fill out missing
>> cmp_type values.
>
> I don't get it. Why do you need to "fill out missing cmp_type values"
> considering that you're never assigning the third field in this patch?
> Are you planning on filling in the third field in a future patch?
>

>> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <Karthik.188@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
>> @@ -19,42 +19,43 @@ typedef enum { FIELD_STR, FIELD_ULONG, FIELD_TIME } cmp_type;
>>  static struct {
>>         const char *name;
>>         cmp_type cmp_type;
>> +       void (*parser)(struct used_atom *atom);
>
> Compiler diagnostic:
>
>     warning: declaration of 'struct used_atom' will not be
>         visible outside of this function [-Wvisibility]
>
> Indeed, it seems rather odd to introduce the new field in this patch
> but never actually do anything with it. It's difficult to understand
> the intention.
>