# Reg : GSoC 2017 Microproject

3 messages from 2017-03-07 to 2017-03-07. Participants: Vedant Bassi, Prathamesh Chavan, Christian Couder.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/45303

## Vedant Bassi, 2017-03-07 10:22

Subject: Reg : GSoC 2017 Microproject
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Hi,

I would like to participate in GSoC 2017 and I have chosen the Use
unsigned integral type for collection of bits , idea from the Micro
projects list.

I request the help of the community for clarifying a few questions that I have.

1. Is this Microproject already taken ?

2. If it is free , I would like to point out one place where a signed
int is used .

      In bisect.h , the structure struct rev_list_info uses flags of
type signed int but , the value of MSB is not checked as a test case
for any error checking. Hence it can be of type unsigned int.
It is only used in rev-list.c for checking cases (BISECT_SHOW_ALL and
REV_LIST_QUIET ).

 Is this a valid case.

Thanks.

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## Prathamesh Chavan, 2017-03-07 15:51

Subject: Re: Reg : GSoC 2017 Microproject
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On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Vedant Bassi <sharababy.dev@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to participate in GSoC 2017 and I have chosen the Use
> unsigned integral type for collection of bits , idea from the Micro
> projects list.
>
> I request the help of the community for clarifying a few questions that I have.
>
> 1. Is this Microproject already taken ?
>
> 2. If it is free , I would like to point out one place where a signed
> int is used .
>
>       In bisect.h , the structure struct rev_list_info uses flags of
> type signed int but , the value of MSB is not checked as a test case
> for any error checking. Hence it can be of type unsigned int.
> It is only used in rev-list.c for checking cases (BISECT_SHOW_ALL and
> REV_LIST_QUIET ).
>
>  Is this a valid case.
>
> Thanks.


You can search your microproject on public inbox of git to check if it
has already
been taken or not.

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## Christian Couder, 2017-03-07 20:33

Subject: Re: Reg : GSoC 2017 Microproject
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Hi,

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Vedant Bassi <sharababy.dev@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to participate in GSoC 2017 and I have chosen the Use
> unsigned integral type for collection of bits , idea from the Micro
> projects list.
>
> I request the help of the community for clarifying a few questions that I have.
>
> 1. Is this Microproject already taken ?

As already suggested, it is a good idea to search the mailing list.
This way you can find if it has already been taken or discussed.
You can use https://public-inbox.org/git/ for that.

> 2. If it is free , I would like to point out one place where a signed
> int is used .
>
>       In bisect.h , the structure struct rev_list_info uses flags of
> type signed int but , the value of MSB is not checked as a test case
> for any error checking. Hence it can be of type unsigned int.
> It is only used in rev-list.c for checking cases (BISECT_SHOW_ALL and
> REV_LIST_QUIET ).
>
>  Is this a valid case.

Yeah, it looks like it is a valid case.

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