Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] git-compat-util: add NOT_CONSTANT macro and use it in atfork_prepare()

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 18, 2025, 00:28 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh63r5gi0.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20250318002012.GB1470172@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 04:53:28PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Introduce NOT_CONSTANT() macro, with which, the developer can tell
>> the compiler:
>
> This name looks great to me.
>
>>  compiler-tricks/not-a-constant.c |  2 ++
>
> And this is much better, too. ;) I see you dropped the "a" in the macro
> name; I don't know if it matters much to do it here, too.

Good eyes.

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