Re: [RFC PATCH 2/8] hex-ll: split out functionality from hex

[Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>]

Hi Calvin

On 27/06/2023 20:52, Calvin Wan wrote:
> Separate out hex functionality that doesn't require a hash algo into
> hex-ll.[ch]. Since the hash algo is currently a global that sits in
> repository, this separation removes that dependency for files that only
> need basic hex manipulation functions.
>
> diff --git a/hex.h b/hex.h
> index 7df4b3c460..c07c8b34c2 100644
> --- a/hex.h
> +++ b/hex.h
> @@ -2,22 +2,7 @@
>   #define HEX_H
>   
>   #include "hash-ll.h"
> -
> -extern const signed char hexval_table[256];
> -static inline unsigned int hexval(unsigned char c)
> -{
> -	return hexval_table[c];
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * Convert two consecutive hexadecimal digits into a char.  Return a
> - * negative value on error.  Don't run over the end of short strings.
> - */
> -static inline int hex2chr(const char *s)
> -{
> -	unsigned int val = hexval(s[0]);
> -	return (val & ~0xf) ? val : (val << 4) | hexval(s[1]);
> -}
> +#include "hex-ll.h"

I don't think any of the remaining declarations in hex.h depend on the 
ones that are moved to "hex-ll.h" so this include should probably be in 
"hex.c" rather than "hex.h"

Best Wishes

Phillip