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Re: [PATCH 1/7] path.c: implement xdg_config_home()

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 14, 2015, 22:30 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
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> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> It is OK to omit the name in the extern declaration here.
>
> It is OK, but I think this is bad practice.

Take a special note on the word "here", meaning "in this particular case." It is perfectly fine when the meaning of the parameter is clear from its type.

I was assuming that our developers have common sense to disambiguate ambiguous cases, of course ;-)

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Message 23 of 26 in “path.c: implement xdg_config_home()”
  1. 1/7 path.c: implement xdg_config_home()Paul Tan, Apr 12, 2015
  2. 2/7 attr.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()Paul Tan, Apr 12, 2015
  3. 3/7 dir.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()Paul Tan, Apr 12, 2015
  4. 4/7 credential-store.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()Paul Tan, Apr 12, 2015
  5. 5/7 git-commit: replace use of home_config_paths()Paul Tan, Apr 12, 2015
  6. 6/7 git-config: replace use of home_config_paths()Paul Tan, Apr 12, 2015
  7. 7/7 path.c: remove home_config_paths()Paul Tan, Apr 12, 2015
  8. Johannes SchindelinApr 13, 2015
  9. 1/7 path.c: implement xdg_config_home()Paul Tan, Apr 14, 2015
  10. Eric SunshineApr 16, 2015
  11. Paul TanApr 18, 2015
  12. Eric SunshineApr 20, 2015
  13. 1/7 path.c: implement xdg_config_home()Paul Tan, Apr 21, 2015
  14. 2/7 attr.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()Paul Tan, May 6, 2015
  15. 3/7 dir.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()Paul Tan, May 6, 2015
  16. 4/7 credential-store.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()Paul Tan, May 6, 2015
  17. 5/7 git-commit: replace use of home_config_paths()Paul Tan, May 6, 2015
  18. 6/7 git-config: replace use of home_config_paths()Paul Tan, May 6, 2015
  19. 7/7 path.c: remove home_config_paths()Paul Tan, May 6, 2015
  20. Paul TanApr 18, 2015
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2015
  22. Stefan BellerApr 14, 2015
  23. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2015
  24. Stefan BellerApr 14, 2015
  25. Matthieu MoyApr 13, 2015
  26. Stefan BellerApr 14, 2015

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