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Re: [PATCH 00/12] Hard coded string length cleanup

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2013, 18:06 UTC
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Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
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> I reimplemented skip_prefix() again just to realize this function
> already exists. Which reminds me there are a bunch of places that
> could benefit from this function, the same reason that I wanted to
> reimplement it.
>
> So this is series to make it more popular (so hopefully I'll see it
> used somewhere and know that it exists) and the code cleaner. The
> pattern "compare a string, then skip the compared part by a hard coded
> string length" is almost killed. I left a few in places for those who
> want to contribute :)

Overall the goal of getting rid of the "if the first N bytes of the ptr match this string, advance ptr by N bytes" pattern, whether the first N is implicitly given by using prefixcmp() or explicitly given by using memcmp(), is very good. And the result looked good from a cursory read---though I have not gone through the series with fine toothed comb yet.

Thanks.
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>
> Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy (12):
>   Make starts_with() a wrapper of skip_prefix()
>   Convert starts_with() to skip_prefix() for option parsing
>   Add and use skip_prefix_defval()
>   Replace some use of starts_with() with skip_prefix()
>   Convert a lot of starts_with() to skip_prefix()
>   fetch.c: replace some use of starts_with() with skip_prefix()
>   connect.c: replace some use of starts_with() with skip_prefix()
>   refs.c: replace some use of starts_with() with skip_prefix()
>   diff.c: reduce code duplication in --stat-xxx parsing
>   environment.c: replace starts_with() in strip_namespace() with skip_prefix()
>   diff.c: convert diff_scoreopt_parse to use skip_prefix()
>   refs.c: use skip_prefix() in prune_ref()
>
>  builtin/branch.c         |   3 +-
>  builtin/checkout.c       |   6 +-
>  builtin/fast-export.c    |   3 +-
>  builtin/fetch-pack.c     |  13 ++--
>  builtin/fetch.c          |  16 ++---
>  builtin/for-each-ref.c   |   9 +--
>  builtin/index-pack.c     |  17 +++---
>  builtin/ls-remote.c      |   9 +--
>  builtin/mailinfo.c       |  11 ++--
>  builtin/merge.c          |  12 ++--
>  builtin/reflog.c         |   9 +--
>  builtin/remote.c         |   3 +-
>  builtin/rev-parse.c      |  41 ++++++-------
>  builtin/send-pack.c      |  18 +++---
>  builtin/show-branch.c    |  14 ++---
>  builtin/unpack-objects.c |   5 +-
>  builtin/update-ref.c     |  21 +++----
>  commit.c                 |   5 +-
>  connect.c                |   6 +-
>  daemon.c                 |  75 +++++++++++------------
>  diff.c                   | 153 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  environment.c            |   4 +-
>  fetch-pack.c             |   9 +--
>  git-compat-util.h        |  15 ++++-
>  git.c                    |  16 ++---
>  http-backend.c           |   5 +-
>  http-push.c              |   6 +-
>  http.c                   |   5 +-
>  log-tree.c               |   5 +-
>  merge-recursive.c        |  13 ++--
>  notes.c                  |   6 +-
>  pager.c                  |   2 +-
>  pathspec.c               |   5 +-
>  pretty.c                 |   3 +-
>  refs.c                   |  20 ++++---
>  revision.c               |  60 +++++++++----------
>  setup.c                  |   3 +-
>  sha1_name.c              |  12 +---
>  strbuf.c                 |   9 ---
>  tag.c                    |   7 +--
>  transport-helper.c       |  15 +++--
>  transport.c              |  14 +++--
>  upload-pack.c            |   5 +-
>  wt-status.c              |  15 ++---
>  44 files changed, 334 insertions(+), 369 deletions(-)
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Message 26 of 31 in “Hard coded string length cleanup”
  1. 00/12 Hard coded string length cleanupNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  2. 01/12 Make starts_with() a wrapper of skip_prefix()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2013
  5. 02/12 Convert starts_with() to skip_prefix() for option parsingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  6. Johannes SixtDec 20, 2013
  7. Jeff KingDec 20, 2013
  8. Christian CouderDec 20, 2013
  9. René ScharfeDec 20, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2013
  11. Duy NguyenDec 21, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 26, 2013
  13. Jeff KingDec 28, 2013
  14. 03/12 Add and use skip_prefix_defval()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  15. Kent R. SpillnerDec 18, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2013
  17. 04/12 Replace some use of starts_with() with skip_prefix()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  18. 05/12 Convert a lot of starts_with() to skip_prefix()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  19. 06/12 fetch.c: replace some use of starts_with() with skip_prefix()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  20. 07/12 connect.c: replace some use of starts_with() with skip_prefix()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  21. 08/12 refs.c: replace some use of starts_with() with skip_prefix()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  22. 09/12 diff.c: reduce code duplication in --stat-xxx parsingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  23. 10/12 environment.c: replace starts_with() in strip_namespace() with skip_prefix()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  24. 11/12 diff.c: convert diff_scoreopt_parse to use skip_prefix()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  25. 12/12 refs.c: use skip_prefix() in prune_ref()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 18, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2013
  27. René ScharfeDec 19, 2013
  28. Duy NguyenDec 19, 2013
  29. René ScharfeDec 20, 2013
  30. Duy NguyenDec 20, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2013

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