Re: [PATCH 3/6] Add functions for parsing integers with size suffixes

From

Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Date

Jul 12, 2007, 13:07 UTC

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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0707121404450.4516@racer.site>

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<1184244952173-git-send-email-bdowning@lavos.net>

Hi,

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Brian Downing wrote:

> Split out the nnn{k,m,g} parsing code from git_config_int into 
> git_parse_long, so command-line parameters can enjoy the same 
> functionality.  Also add get_parse_ulong for unsigned values.

Nice!

> +		if (!*end)
> +			*ret = val;
> +		else if (!strcasecmp(end, "k"))
> +			*ret = val * 1024;
> +		else if (!strcasecmp(end, "m"))
> +			*ret = val * 1024 * 1024;
> +		else if (!strcasecmp(end, "g"))
> +			*ret = val * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
> +		else
> +			return 0;

This could be an own static function, like this:

unsigned long get_unit_factor(const char *end)
{
	if (!*end)
		return 1;
	if (!strcasecmp(end, "k"))
		return 1024;
	...
	error("Unknown unit: %s", end);
	return 1;
}

to avoid duplicated code.