From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 04:30:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/6] convert.c: stream and early out
Message-ID: <eaf7b2e2-59d3-7b12-e9dd-d63203b05384@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqtwi7t1of.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On 09.05.16 22:29, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> tboegi@web.de writes:
> 
>> +		if (stats->stat_bits & earlyout)
>> +			break; /* We found what we have been searching for */
> 
> Are we sure if our callers are only interested in just one bit at a
> time?  Otherwise, if we want to ensure all of the given bits are
> set,
> 
> 	if ((stats->stat_bits & earlyout) == earlyout)
>         	break;
> 
> would be necessary.  Otherwise, the "only one bit" assumption on the
> "earlyout" parameter somehow needs to be documented in the code.
Thanks for pointing that out.
I have changed the code a couple of times, forth and back.
I want to re-roll the series anyway (probably in the next weeks),
so something like "search_only_flags" may be a better name.