From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF8DB1F859 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 22:02:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754611AbcHSWCe (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:02:34 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f195.google.com ([209.85.161.195]:34946 "EHLO mail-yw0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754127AbcHSWCe (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:02:34 -0400 Received: by mail-yw0-f195.google.com with SMTP id r9so1319405ywg.2 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:02:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=9on/4MbhPomdTWd8LrsGNotfVnZKHT6jnQP5wUnOFHQ=; b=jCUcyKaYpK6U/hjD8sG4rr0vQkCcifvisxmj2/Xih12U+EVANtdWvmyLcMBILwlHKf zWyOsrUf934bEH2G7YKU+OfKNHZqjy4lJKk8lC+BY5IGvebPIiqZXL0VyLsf6KNXvkVZ x+2NLHBxFWS+S3Cb9tMY+xB/CzZ4ts6NY6lHbm6E8Uxti6HPS2PEdSbRO0EJfVpNGU9s +thOu4rAzPIVX4TvCFTUmRxC31B6sxjrqKeIymwGO8CI6XyAMK+x1bEdb5JWSnf4bsNN 53GxeMPRwoR+Rg5MA6JAhSJQkibsZpNYuX6gBwPidPRcz++LhSoiAgP3l837pa2nvi9g baSw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=9on/4MbhPomdTWd8LrsGNotfVnZKHT6jnQP5wUnOFHQ=; b=ULS0/38XaJG+ouvROfhR3Tw6SPLB8J8WjRnCS9k8Bm4C0Pr5Fb4yZWSpRALUIGYDR3 EvG+RxcrlHzLq60gociaZ/AiR2NJfEfjUHOJ4lzPu7Ovr5ft+GDRq9Pmgdp0n/0VAmmh JDImCr1XAqV0ZFV/lNGlY5cLTRHhGDMiCn9UVGgVkv47NffRzqAO0fgM0x67aef7rkmK fUTi98BqVcSbZHw5wQZgQHcCeRmXjoI3OtzyvIUJKNP5C1YmTPW44UDj3PF2Z4Nhmrov g5lFN2SD+RDYRnp1qdy6RBRKkXmDk1k7+DlNb/VUDo6R6IvQ7PCmmoxA9OB5lMaPYznX hEJA== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouuC7Yru0VBHq46yqH8QotleLVfwfOfmP8yHeYdRlCyBj6fuMwF3EEi9EMMEUOlgtElN1vbrF1l8sehnqA== X-Received: by 10.129.135.2 with SMTP id x2mr7921075ywf.310.1471644153373; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:02:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.50.199 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:02:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20160819000031.24854-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com> <20160819000031.24854-8-jacob.e.keller@intel.com> From: Jacob Keller Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:02:12 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 7/8] cache: add empty_tree_oid object To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Jacob Keller , Git mailing list , Stefan Beller , Jeff King , Johannes Sixt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano writes: > >> Jacob Keller writes: >> >>> Is there a reason for that? I've found that .field = value is safer >>> because it ensures that you don't end up initializing the wrong >>> values? Or is it a compatibility thing? >> >> Yes. > > That was a bit too terse. The answers to all three questions are > "Yes", "Yes", and "Yes". > > Together with enum ... = { A, B, C, }; we may want to consider not > worrying about ancient compilers at some point, and it might be this > year or next year, but I do not think we want to do that as part of > this series. Thanks, it makes sense. It is hard to remember when some feature got added. Regards, Jake