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Re: [PATCH 00/14] numparse module: systematically tighten up integer parsing

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2015, 06:31 UTC
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
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> Here were my thoughts:
>
> * I wanted to change the interface to look less like
>   strtol()/strtoul(), so it seemed appropriate to make the names
>   more dissimilar.

One reason I prefer the names in the compat-util is that it makes it clear that what is converted into what (e.g. "str" to "ul") and what type the result is stored ("i" or "ui"), and as an added bonus, with a short-and-sweet "to" it is already so clear we are "converting" that we do not have to use verbs like "parse_" or "convert_". From parse_i() and convert_i(), I cannot tell which one lacks the endptr and parses to the end and which one takes the endptr and tells the caller where the conversion ended (and it also does not tell us that they are converting from a string).

> * The functions seemed long enough that they shouldn't be inline,
>   and I wanted to put them in their own module rather than put
>   them in git-compat-util.h.

I actually agree on this, but that is not a justification why they have to be named very differently.

Having said that, I would say that it will be futile to discuss this further, as we seem to agree to disagree.

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Message 24 of 43 in “numparse module: systematically tighten up integer parsing”
  1. 00/14 numparse module: systematically tighten up integer parsingMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  2. 01/14 numparse: new module for parsing integral numbersMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  3. Eric SunshineMar 18, 2015
  4. Michael HaggertyMar 18, 2015
  5. Eric SunshineMar 20, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2015
  7. 02/14 cacheinfo_callback(): use convert_ui() when handling "--cacheinfo"Michael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  8. 03/14 write_subdirectory(): use convert_ui() for parsing modeMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  9. 04/14 handle_revision_opt(): use skip_prefix() in many placesMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  10. 05/14 handle_revision_opt(): use convert_i() when handling "-<digit>"Michael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2015
  12. 06/14 strtoul_ui(), strtol_i(): remove functionsMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  13. 07/14 handle_revision_opt(): use convert_ui() when handling "--abbrev="Michael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  14. 08/14 builtin_diff(): detect errors when parsing --unified argumentMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  15. 09/14 opt_arg(): val is always non-NULLMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  16. 10/14 opt_arg(): use convert_i() in implementationMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  17. 11/14 opt_arg(): report errors parsing option valuesMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  18. 12/14 opt_arg(): simplify pointer handlingMichael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  19. 13/14 diff_opt_parse(): use convert_i() when handling "-l<num>"Michael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  20. 14/14 diff_opt_parse(): use convert_i() when handling --abbrev=<num>Michael Haggerty, Mar 17, 2015
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2015
  23. Michael HaggertyMar 17, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2015
  25. Duy NguyenMar 17, 2015
  26. Michael HaggertyMar 18, 2015
  27. Duy NguyenMar 18, 2015
  28. Jeff KingMar 18, 2015
  29. Michael HaggertyMar 18, 2015
  30. Jeff KingMar 19, 2015
  31. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2015
  32. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2015
  33. Michael HaggertyMar 24, 2015
  34. René ScharfeMar 24, 2015
  35. Michael HaggertyMar 25, 2015
  36. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2015
  37. Michael HaggertyMar 24, 2015
  38. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2015
  39. Michael HaggertyMar 24, 2015
  40. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2015
  41. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2015
  42. Michael HaggertyMar 24, 2015
  43. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2015

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