From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, szeder.dev@gmail.com, me@ttaylorr.com,
Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>,
Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/15] midx: convert chunk write methods to return int
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 08:40:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <eefba4cd-4989-49ac-4967-264af9f99c68@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqeek6h853.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
On 12/3/2020 4:50 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/15] midx: convert chunk write methods to return int
>
> Please rephrase the title to avoid misleading the readers; it is not
> like we used to return the number of bytes written in size_t but we
> realized that we never write mroe than INTMAX and narrowed the
> return type to "int".
>
> In other words, returning "int" is not the most important thing in
> this change. What is more important is that the function will
> eventually signal success/failure with its return value.
I suppose "return int" is what I meant, but this is probably better:
midx: return success/failure in chunk write methods
Thanks,
-Stolee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-04 13:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-03 16:16 [PATCH 00/15] Refactor chunk-format into an API Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 01/15] commit-graph: anonymize data in chunk_write_fn Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 02/15] chunk-format: add API for writing table of contents Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-08 17:56 ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 03/15] midx: rename pack_info to write_midx_context Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 04/15] midx: use context in write_midx_pack_names() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 05/15] midx: add entries to write_midx_context Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 21:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-04 13:39 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-08 18:00 ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 06/15] midx: add pack_perm " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 07/15] midx: add num_large_offsets " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 08/15] midx: convert chunk write methods to return int Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 21:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-04 13:40 ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 09/15] midx: drop chunk progress during write Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 10/15] midx: use chunk-format API in write_midx_internal() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-08 18:42 ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-10 14:36 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 11/15] midx: use 64-bit multiplication for chunk sizes Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 22:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-08 18:43 ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 12/15] chunk-format: create write_chunks() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-08 18:45 ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 13/15] chunk-format: create chunk reading API Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-03 22:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-04 13:47 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-04 20:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-03 22:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-04 13:45 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 14/15] commit-graph: restore duplicate chunk checks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-07 13:43 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-03 16:16 ` [PATCH 15/15] chunk-format: add technical docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-04 12:48 ` [PATCH 00/15] Refactor chunk-format into an API René Scharfe
2020-12-04 13:57 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-04 19:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-08 18:49 ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-09 17:13 ` René Scharfe
2020-12-10 0:50 ` Taylor Blau
2020-12-10 14:30 ` Derrick Stolee
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