Re: [PATCH 1/6] Add docstrings for lookup_replace_object() and do_lookup_replace_object()
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- Feb 21, 2014, 18:21 UTC
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
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> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
> ---
> cache.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
> index dc040fb..0ecd1c8 100644
> --- a/cache.h
> +++ b/cache.h
> @@ -788,13 +788,29 @@ static inline void *read_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type *
> {
> return read_sha1_file_extended(sha1, type, size, LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT);
> }
> +
> +/*
> + * If a replacement for object sha1 has been set up, return the
> + * replacement object's name (replaced recursively, if necessary).
> + * The return value is either sha1 or a pointer to a
> + * permanently-allocated value. This function always respects replace
> + * references, regardless of the value of check_replace_refs.
> + */
> extern const unsigned char *do_lookup_replace_object(const unsigned char *sha1);
> +
> +/*
> + * If object sha1 should be replaced, return the replacement object's
> + * name. This function is similar to do_lookup_replace_object(),
> + * except that it when object replacement is suppressed, it always
> + * returns its argument unchanged.
> + */
> static inline const unsigned char *lookup_replace_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
> {
> if (!read_replace_refs)
> return sha1;
> return do_lookup_replace_object(sha1);
> }
> +
> static inline const unsigned char *lookup_replace_object_extended(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned flag)
> {
> if (!(flag & LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT))The above description is good, but after reading e1111cef (inline lookup_replace_object() calls, 2011-05-15) that introduced this ugliness, I have to wonder if do_lookup_replace(), which nobody except lookup_replace_object() ever calls, is better removed from the public API, making lookup_replace_object() an extern definition.
We do name functions that are purely helpers that are internal implementation detals of the API as "do_blah", but exporting that kind of name as if that is part of the API people are expected to call feels very wrong.