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Re: [PATCH] Avoid using dc in git-count-objects

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 26, 2005, 08:33 UTC
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Hi,
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Using dc is not really necessary, since expr understands summing 32 bit 
> > signed integers. Which means that git-count-objects will now fail when 2 
> > GB of unpacked objects have accumulated.
> 
> Sorry, but I am not very happy about this patch.  "local"
> bashism aside, doesn't this spawn expr for every unpacked
> object?

Aargh! I had the impression "expr" was a builtin... Just forget about the patch, okay?

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Avoid using dc in git-count-objectsJohannes Schindelin, Oct 25, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2005
  3. Johannes SchindelinOct 26, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisOct 26, 2005
  5. Matthias UrlichsOct 27, 2005
  6. Johannes SchindelinOct 27, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsOct 27, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2005
  9. Herbert XuOct 28, 2005
  10. H. Peter AnvinOct 28, 2005
  11. Herbert XuOct 28, 2005
  12. H. Peter AnvinOct 28, 2005
  13. Herbert XuOct 28, 2005
  14. H. Peter AnvinOct 28, 2005
  15. Johannes SchindelinOct 26, 2005
  16. Andreas EricssonOct 26, 2005
  17. Johannes SchindelinOct 26, 2005
  18. Andreas EricssonOct 26, 2005

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