From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 19:27:33 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] builtin: allow passing custom data to sub-commands
Message-ID: <xmqqy115x0be.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAOLa=ZTeRUT6Ex5Pa-fM1i-QbTfnmDN=o=MU_N2VFeLQwbscgg@mail.gmail.com>

karthik nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:

> Could you elaborate on why you think this is an over-optimization? We
> don't loose functionality with this, nor do we have to have add
> additional code to handle the typecasting to `struct repository *` if
> needed. But would definitely like to resolve anything I missed.

I do not know if it is an optimization, but if you know it is of a
specific type, casting back and force with "void *" loses type
safety, no?