Re: [PATCH v4 01/12] pkt-line: extract set_packet_header()

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 5, 2016, 16:31 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh9azxjmk.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <486BA59A-F53B-4893-AE37-8956FCDE7E22@gmail.com>

Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> writes:

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> However, besides the bogus performance argument I introduced that function
> to allow packet writs to fail using the `gentle` parameter:
> http://public-inbox.org/git/D116610C-F33A-43DA-A49D-0B33958822E5%40gmail.com/
>
> Would you be OK if I introduce packet_write_gently() that returns `0` if the
> write was OK and `-1` if it failed?

Yes, I agree with you that it would be a good thing to have a _gently() variant that lets the caller deal with possible error conditions itself instead of dying.

Thanks.

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