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Re: [PATCH] use skip_prefix() to avoid more magic numbers

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 9, 2014, 20:12 UTC
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René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:
> I didn't think much about the performance implications.  skip_prefix()
> doesn't call strlen(3), though.
Ah, OK.
> The code handles millions of ref strings per second before and after
> the change, and with the change it's faster.  I hope the results are
> reproducible and make it easier to say goodbye to pfxlen. :)
;-)
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