Re: [PATCH] strbuf: describe the return value of strbuf_read_file()
Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com> writes:
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> Mentored-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
> Mentored-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
> Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
> ---
> It is easy to be misguided on the return value of the function
> strbuf_read_file(). It does follow the pattern of other standard functions
> for reading files but its better to explicitly specify it.
Good thing to do; I wonder if we want to explicitly say -1 or leave it at "negative values are errors", though (my knee-jerk reaction being "do not over-specify more than absolute minimum to write callers correctly").
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>
> strbuf.h | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
> index 7987405..4b487f7 100644
> --- a/strbuf.h
> +++ b/strbuf.h
> @@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ extern ssize_t strbuf_read_once(struct strbuf *, int fd, size_t hint);
> /**
> * Read the contents of a file, specified by its path. The third argument
> * can be used to give a hint about the file size, to avoid reallocs.
> + * Return the number of bytes read or -1 if some error occurred while
> + * opening or reading the file.
> */
> extern ssize_t strbuf_read_file(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint);