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Re: [PATCH v2 01/13] packfile.h: drop extern from function declarations

From
Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
Date
Apr 5, 2019, 19:19 UTC
Message-ID
<c21b923f-54aa-defa-ecfd-11ecd6f8a664@ramsayjones.plus.com>
In-Reply-To
<20190405180340.GA32243@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On 05/04/2019 19:03, Jeff King wrote:
> As CodingGuidelines recommends, we do not need an "extern" when
> declaring a public function. Let's drop these. Note that we leave the
> extern on report_garbage(), as that is actually a function pointer, not
> a function itself.

Hmm, perhaps we need to edit CodingGuidelines to make it clear that the 'extern' keyword is not needed on _function_ declarations only. ;-)

Because, ...
[snip]
>  /* global flag to enable extra checks when accessing packed objects */
> -extern int do_check_packed_object_crc;
> +int do_check_packed_object_crc;

... removing this 'extern' on an int variable sends 'sparse' into a frenzy of warnings! :-D

[You didn't use a global s/extern// by any chance?]

ATB, Ramsay Jones

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  1. 0/12 a rabbit hole of update-server-info fixesJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  2. 01/12 t5319: fix bogus cat-file argumentJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  3. Ramsay JonesApr 5, 2019
  4. Jeff KingApr 5, 2019
  5. Jeff KingApr 5, 2019
  6. 02/12 t5319: drop useless --buffer from cat-fileJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  7. 03/12 packfile: factor out .pack to .idx name conversionJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  8. 04/12 packfile: check midx coverage with .idx rather than .packJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  9. René ScharfeApr 5, 2019
  10. Jeff KingApr 5, 2019
  11. Jeff KingApr 5, 2019
  12. SZEDER GáborApr 5, 2019
  13. Jeff KingApr 5, 2019
  14. 05/12 http: simplify parsing of remote objects/info/packsJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  15. René ScharfeApr 5, 2019
  16. Jeff KingApr 5, 2019
  17. René ScharfeApr 5, 2019
  18. 06/12 server-info: fix blind pointer arithmeticJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  19. 07/12 server-info: simplify cleanup in parse_pack_def()Jeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  20. 08/12 server-info: use strbuf to read old info/packs fileJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  21. 09/12 server-info: drop nr_alloc struct memberJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  22. 10/12 packfile.h: drop extern from function declarationsJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  23. 11/12 server-info: drop objdirlen pointer arithmeticJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  24. 12/12 update_info_refs(): drop unused force parameterJeff King, Apr 4, 2019
  25. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2019
  26. 0/13 a rabbit hole of update-server-info (and midx!) fixesJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  27. 01/13 packfile.h: drop extern from function declarationsJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  28. Ramsay JonesApr 5, 2019
  29. Jeff KingApr 5, 2019
  30. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2019
  31. Jeff KingApr 8, 2019
  32. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2019
  33. Jeff KingApr 9, 2019
  34. 02/13 pack-revindex: open index if necessaryJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  35. 03/13 t5319: fix bogus cat-file argumentJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  36. 04/13 t5319: drop useless --buffer from cat-fileJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  37. 05/13 midx: check both pack and index names for containmentJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  38. René ScharfeApr 5, 2019
  39. 06/13 packfile: fix pack basename computationJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  40. 07/13 http: simplify parsing of remote objects/info/packsJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  41. 08/13 server-info: fix blind pointer arithmeticJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  42. 09/13 server-info: simplify cleanup in parse_pack_def()Jeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  43. Jeff KingApr 5, 2019
  44. 10/13 server-info: use strbuf to read old info/packs fileJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  45. 11/13 server-info: drop nr_alloc struct memberJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  46. 12/13 server-info: drop objdirlen pointer arithmeticJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  47. 13/13 update_info_refs(): drop unused force parameterJeff King, Apr 5, 2019
  48. Jeff KingApr 5, 2019

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