Re: [PATCH 12/30] subtree: don't have loose code outside of a function

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Apr 23, 2021, 20:23 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cQLP1XFnMFWOp4Zj-Ku8M-aqgE5DmpgEy=UWLqpBBW8Ng@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20210423194230.1388945-13-lukeshu@lukeshu.com>

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 3:43 PM Luke Shumaker <lukeshu@lukeshu.com> wrote:

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> Shove all of the loose code inside of a main() function.
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> "Ignore space change" is probably helpful when viewing this diff.
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> Signed-off-by: Luke Shumaker <lukeshu@datawire.io>

What is the purpose of this change? Does some subsequent commit depend upon this or is it just a personal preference? The commit message explains the "what" of the change but not the "why".

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