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From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Jakub Narębski" <jnareb@gmail.com>,
	tboegi@web.de, mlbright@gmail.com,
	remi.galan-alfonso@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr, pclouds@gmail.com,
	e@80x24.org, ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com, peff@peff.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] pkt-line: extract and use `set_packet_header` function
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:13:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <A6E129CE-26F9-456A-B9C7-A502245DD19E@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqinvsx77w.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>


> On 27 Jul 2016, at 02:20, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> larsxschneider@gmail.com writes:
> 
>> From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
>> 
>> `set_packet_header` converts an integer to a 4 byte hex string. Make
>> this function publicly available so that other parts of Git can easily
>> generate a pkt-line.
> 
> I think that having to do this is a strong sign that the design of
> this series is going in a wrong direction.

Thanks for the feedback. Do you think using "pkt-line" is a move into
the wrong direction in general or do you think only my usage of 
"pkt-line" is not ideal?


> If you need a helper function that writes a pkt-line format that
> behaves differently from what is already available (for example,
> packet_write()), it would be much better to design that new function
> so that it would be generally useful and add that to pkt-line.[ch],
> instead of creating random helper functions that use write(2)
> directly, bypassing pkt-line API, to write stuff.
> 
> In other words, do not _mimick_ pkt-line; enhance pkt-line as
> necessary and use it.

OK, I understand your argument. If we agree on the "pkt-line" usage
then I will address this issue.

Thanks,
Lars

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-27  9:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-22 15:48 [PATCH v1 0/3] Git filter protocol larsxschneider
2016-07-22 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 1/3] convert: quote filter names in error messages larsxschneider
2016-07-22 15:48 ` [PATCH v1 2/3] convert: modernize tests larsxschneider
2016-07-26 15:18   ` Remi Galan Alfonso
2016-07-26 20:40     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-22 15:49 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] convert: add filter.<driver>.useProtocol option larsxschneider
2016-07-22 22:32   ` Torsten Bögershausen
2016-07-24 12:09     ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-22 23:19   ` Ramsay Jones
2016-07-22 23:28     ` Ramsay Jones
2016-07-24 17:16     ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-24 22:36       ` Ramsay Jones
2016-07-24 23:22         ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-25 20:32           ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-26 10:58             ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-25 20:24         ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-23  0:11   ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-23  7:27     ` Eric Wong
2016-07-26 20:00       ` Jeff King
2016-07-24 18:36     ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-24 20:14       ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-24 21:30         ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-25 20:16           ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-26 12:24             ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-25 20:09         ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-26 14:18           ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-23  8:14   ` Eric Wong
2016-07-24 19:11     ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-25  7:27       ` Eric Wong
2016-07-25 15:48       ` Duy Nguyen
2016-07-22 21:39 ` [PATCH v1 0/3] Git filter protocol Junio C Hamano
2016-07-24 11:24   ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-26 20:11     ` Jeff King
2016-07-27  0:06 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " larsxschneider
2016-07-27  0:06   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] convert: quote filter names in error messages larsxschneider
2016-07-27 20:01     ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-28  8:23       ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-27  0:06   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] convert: modernize tests larsxschneider
2016-07-27  0:06   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] pkt-line: extract and use `set_packet_header` function larsxschneider
2016-07-27  0:20     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-27  9:13       ` Lars Schneider [this message]
2016-07-27 16:31         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-27  0:06   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] convert: generate large test files only once larsxschneider
2016-07-27  2:35     ` Torsten Bögershausen
2016-07-27 13:32       ` Jeff King
2016-07-27 16:50         ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-27  0:06   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] convert: add filter.<driver>.process option larsxschneider
2016-07-27  1:32     ` Jeff King
2016-07-27 17:31       ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-27 18:11         ` Jeff King
2016-07-28 12:10           ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-28 13:35             ` Jeff King
2016-07-27  9:41     ` Eric Wong
2016-07-29 10:38       ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-29 11:24         ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-29 11:31           ` Lars Schneider
2016-08-05 18:55         ` Eric Wong
2016-08-05 23:26           ` Lars Schneider
2016-08-05 23:38             ` Eric Wong
2016-07-27 23:31     ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-29  8:04       ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-29 17:35         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-29 23:11           ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-29 23:44             ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-30  9:32               ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-28 10:32     ` Torsten Bögershausen
2016-07-27 19:08   ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Git filter protocol Jakub Narębski
2016-07-28  7:16     ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-28 10:42       ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-28 13:29       ` Jeff King
2016-07-29  7:40         ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-29  8:14           ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-29 15:57             ` Jeff King
2016-07-29 16:20               ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-29 16:50                 ` Jeff King
2016-07-29 17:43                   ` Lars Schneider
2016-07-29 18:27                     ` Jeff King

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