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Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] strvec: add a strvec_pushvec()

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 28, 2021, 01:29 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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>> +void strvec_pushvec(struct strvec *array, const struct strvec *items)
>> +{
>> +	int i;
>> +
>> +	for (i = 0; i < items->nr; i++)
>> +		strvec_push(array, items->v[i]);
>> +}
>
> This implementation is not wrong per-se, but is somewhat
> disappointing.  When items->nr is large, especially relative to the
> original array->alloc, it would incur unnecessary reallocations that
> we can easily avoid by pre-sizing the array before pushing the
> elements of items from it.
>
> In the original code that became the first user of this helper, it
> may not have made much difference, but now it is becoming a more
> generally reusable API function, we should care.

And if we do not care, you can rewrite the code that became the first user of this helper to instead call strvec_pushv() on the items->v array that is guaranteed to be NULL terminated, without inventing this new helper.

I think I am fine with either way.
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  11. 1/4 bundle API: start writing API documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 23, 2021
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  14. 3/4 index-pack: add --progress-title optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 23, 2021
  15. Derrick StoleeAug 24, 2021
  16. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 24, 2021
  17. 4/4 bundle: show progress on "unbundle"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 23, 2021
  18. Derrick StoleeAug 24, 2021
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 24, 2021
  20. 0/5 bundle: show progress on "unbundle"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 26, 2021
  21. 1/5 bundle API: start writing API documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 26, 2021
  22. 3/5 bundle API: change "flags" to be "extra_index_pack_args"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 26, 2021
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2021
  24. 2/5 strvec: add a strvec_pushvec()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 26, 2021
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2021
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  27. Jeff KingAug 28, 2021
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2021
  29. Derrick StoleeAug 30, 2021
  30. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 2, 2021
  31. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2021
  32. Jeff KingSep 3, 2021
  33. 4/5 index-pack: add --progress-title optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 26, 2021
  34. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2021
  35. 5/5 bundle: show progress on "unbundle"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 26, 2021
  36. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2021
  37. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 2, 2021
  38. 0/4 bundle: show progress on "unbundle"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 5, 2021
  39. 1/4 bundle API: start writing API documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 5, 2021
  40. 2/4 bundle API: change "flags" to be "extra_index_pack_args"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 5, 2021
  41. 3/4 index-pack: add --progress-title optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 5, 2021
  42. 4/4 bundle: show progress on "unbundle"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 5, 2021

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