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Re: [PATCH] reftable: avoid initializing structs from structs

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jan 13, 2022, 20:00 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Would make sense to steal the compiler version etc. details from my
>> <patch-1.1-7425b64c0a0-20220113T113821Z-avarab@gmail.com>. I.e. eventually
>> we'll be able to change this & other code back, as nobody will care
>> about that older compiler version. It worked before in the pre-image on
>> a more recent xlc.
>
> If so, wouldn't it be a better option not to worry about such an old
> compiler at all from the get-go?

The above was a genuine question. If that "nobody will care about the old compiler" will happen only after a few years, then it may not work to just ignore the version of xlc which might still have a meaningful number of users. I just am not in a good position to judge that.

Thanks.
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  1. reftable: avoid initializing structs from structsHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jan 13, 2022
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 13, 2022
  3. Han-Wen NienhuysJan 13, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2022
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2022
  6. Han-Wen NienhuysJan 17, 2022
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2022

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