Re: [PATCH 00/10] Xdiff cleanup part 3

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 4, 2026, 02:44 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5x9ip05a.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2156.git.git.1767379944.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Ezekiel Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

>  compat/ivec.c      | 113 ++++++++++++++++++
>  compat/ivec.h      |  52 +++++++++

I very much like the general direction, but I wonder if we expect many more "rust-to-C interface layer" files to come, which I suspect is generally true, and in which case I think it is a good idea to rethink the use of "compat/" for this purpose from early days, as "compat/" is not about "compat between C and something else", but is about "compat between platform peculiarity and (idealized) POSIX environment our code assumes".

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