Re: [PATCH v7 2/5] setup: sanity check file size in read_gitfile_gently

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Jun 15, 2015, 03:08 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cRouQOgd29qQZSUo0t+NBPfeKWD+4j42pArLW3TpND=bQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAMpP7NZ2tqZ5cv=9=gJqDZ5m0LOZtsHGvt-ntZcp6cBA6X5tqg@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 1:21 PM, erik elfström <erik.elfstrom@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 5:42 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>>
>> This variable name doesn't convey much about its purpose, and
>> introduces a bit of maintenance burden if the limit is some day
>> changed. Perhaps "sane_size_limit" or something even more descriptive
>> (and/or terse) would be better.
>
> Would you be happy with this change?
>
> -       static const int one_MB = 1 << 20;
> +       static const int max_file_size = 1 << 20;  /* 1MB */

Yep, that's a much nicer variable name. Thanks.

I also note that 'const int' shows up pretty frequently in the git source code, but 'static const int' is used only very rarely.