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Re: [PATCH 2/6] parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_SET_INT

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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Jul 1, 2025, 10:55 UTC
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 01:50:39PM +0200, René Scharfe wrote:
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> diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
> index da07a000a3..bbb68603cc 100644
> --- a/parse-options.c
> +++ b/parse-options.c
> @@ -85,6 +85,36 @@ static intmax_t get_int_value(const struct option *opt)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static enum parse_opt_result set_int_value(const struct option *opt,
> +					   enum opt_parsed flags,
> +					   intmax_t value)
> +{
> +	switch (opt->precision) {
> +	case sizeof(int8_t):
> +		*(int8_t *)opt->value = value;
> +		return 0;
> +	case sizeof(int16_t):
> +		*(int16_t *)opt->value = value;
> +		return 0;
> +	case sizeof(int32_t):
> +		*(int32_t *)opt->value = value;
> +		return 0;
> +	case sizeof(int64_t):
> +		*(int64_t *)opt->value = value;
> +		return 0;
> +	default:
> +		BUG("invalid precision for option %s", optname(opt, flags));
> +	}
> +}

The function only ever dies or returns successfully, so can't we make it return nothing instead? On the other hand it does make a couple of callsites a bit nicer to read.

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> +static int signed_int_fits(intmax_t value, size_t size)
> +{
> +	size_t bits = size * CHAR_BIT;
> +	intmax_t upper_bound = INTMAX_MAX >> (bitsizeof(intmax_t) - bits);
> +	intmax_t lower_bound = -upper_bound - 1;
> +	return lower_bound <= value && value <= upper_bound;
> +}
> +

Should we s/size/precision/ so that it's clear what kind of size this exactly is?

Patrick
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Message 6 of 31 in “parse-options: add more precision handling”
  1. 0/6 parse-options: add more precision handlingRené Scharfe, Jun 29, 2025
  2. 1/6 parse-options: add precision handling for PARSE_OPT_CMDMODERené Scharfe, Jun 29, 2025
  3. Patrick SteinhardtJul 1, 2025
  4. René ScharfeJul 1, 2025
  5. 2/6 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_SET_INTRené Scharfe, Jun 29, 2025
  6. Patrick SteinhardtJul 1, 2025
  7. René ScharfeJul 1, 2025
  8. Patrick SteinhardtJul 2, 2025
  9. 3/6 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_BITRené Scharfe, Jun 29, 2025
  10. 4/6 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_NEGBITRené Scharfe, Jun 29, 2025
  11. 5/6 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_BITOPRené Scharfe, Jun 29, 2025
  12. Patrick SteinhardtJul 1, 2025
  13. René ScharfeJul 1, 2025
  14. Patrick SteinhardtJul 2, 2025
  15. 6/6 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_COUNTUPRené Scharfe, Jun 29, 2025
  16. Patrick SteinhardtJul 1, 2025
  17. René ScharfeJul 1, 2025
  18. Patrick SteinhardtJul 2, 2025
  19. 0/7 parse-options: add more precision handlingRené Scharfe, Jul 9, 2025
  20. 1/7 parse-options: require PARSE_OPT_NOARG for OPTION_BITOPRené Scharfe, Jul 9, 2025
  21. Patrick SteinhardtJul 9, 2025
  22. 2/7 parse-options: add precision handling for PARSE_OPT_CMDMODERené Scharfe, Jul 9, 2025
  23. Patrick SteinhardtJul 9, 2025
  24. René ScharfeJul 9, 2025
  25. Patrick SteinhardtJul 9, 2025
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2025
  27. 3/7 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_SET_INTRené Scharfe, Jul 9, 2025
  28. 4/7 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_BITRené Scharfe, Jul 9, 2025
  29. 5/7 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_NEGBITRené Scharfe, Jul 9, 2025
  30. 6/7 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_BITOPRené Scharfe, Jul 9, 2025
  31. 7/7 parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_COUNTUPRené Scharfe, Jul 9, 2025

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