Re: [PATCH 4/4] get_oid(): when an object was not found, try harder

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 14, 2019, 19:55 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1903142054490.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <20190314185758.GB26250@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Hi Peff,

On Thu, 14 Mar 2019, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 02:17:18PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > >  2. is there a way to cleanly avoid the three-line duplicate?
> > [...]
> > Peff tried with a function, but I think that this would actually be a
> > really appropriate occasion for a well-placed `goto`:
> 
> I worried that a goto would be too confusing/ugly. But I am OK with it
> if you are.

I hope that after reading the patch, you will agree with me that it is not too confusing/ugly... ;-)

Ciao, Dscho

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