From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, christian.couder@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] trailer: use singly-linked list, not doubly
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:24:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmvia5bkf.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8e12e0954f0a23d7c7905c58a3f7d8084d9338be.1476232683.git.jonathantanmy@google.com> (Jonathan Tan's message of "Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:23:25 -0700")
Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> writes:
> Use singly-linked lists (instead of doubly-linked lists) in trailer to
> keep track of arguments (whether implicit from configuration or explicit
> from the command line) and trailer items.
>
> This change significantly reduces the code length and simplifies the code.
> There are now fewer pointers to be manipulated, but most trailer
> manipulations now require seeking from beginning to end, so there might
> be a slight net decrease in performance; however the number of trailers
> is usually small (10 to 15 at the most) so this should not cause a big
> impact.
It is overall a very good change, but can you split this into two
independent patches? s/struct trailer_item/const &/ sprinkled all
over the place is more or less unrelated change and it is very
distracting to see the primary change of the way lists are handled.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-10-12 7:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-12 1:23 [PATCH 0/5] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 1:23 ` [PATCH 1/5] trailer: use singly-linked list, not doubly Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 6:24 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-10-12 15:38 ` Christian Couder
2016-10-12 17:26 ` Jeff King
2016-10-12 1:23 ` [PATCH 2/5] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 1:23 ` [PATCH 3/5] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 1:23 ` [PATCH 4/5] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 1:23 ` [PATCH 5/5] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 6:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-12 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] trailer: improve const correctness Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] trailer: use list.h for doubly-linked list Jonathan Tan
2016-10-14 17:29 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-10-14 18:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-12 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
2016-10-14 17:37 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-14 17:37 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] trailer: improve const correctness Jonathan Tan
2016-10-17 22:49 ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-14 17:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] trailer: use list.h for doubly-linked list Jonathan Tan
2016-10-14 17:38 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-17 23:01 ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-14 17:38 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-17 23:20 ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-18 16:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-14 17:38 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-18 0:49 ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-18 1:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-18 2:02 ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-18 16:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-19 18:00 ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-19 19:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-14 17:38 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
2016-10-18 0:55 ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] trailer: improve const correctness Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] trailer: use list.h for doubly-linked list Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] trailer: clarify failure modes in parse_trailer Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 22:07 ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-20 22:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-20 22:40 ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 22:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-20 22:49 ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 0:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-22 13:07 ` Christian Couder
2016-10-22 16:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-22 9:29 ` Christian Couder
2016-10-20 22:45 ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] trailer: forbid leading whitespace in trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:54 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 23:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-22 0:06 ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-21 17:54 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] trailer: improve const correctness Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:54 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] trailer: use list.h for doubly-linked list Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:54 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:54 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:55 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] trailer: clarify failure modes in parse_trailer Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:55 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:55 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] trailer: forbid leading whitespace in trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:55 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
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