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From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
To: Robear Selwans <rwagih.rw@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
	"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
	Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [GSoC][RFC][PATCH 1/2] STRBUF_INIT_CONST: a new way to initialize strbuf
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:13:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <467c035f-c7cd-01e1-e64c-2c915610de01@kdbg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200218041805.10939-2-robear.selwans@outlook.com>

Am 18.02.20 um 05:18 schrieb Robear Selwans:
> A new function `STRBUF_INIT_CONST(const_str)` was added to allow for a
> quick initialization of strbuf.
> 
> Details:
> Using `STRBUF_INIT_CONST(str)` creates a new struct of type `strbuf` and
> initializes its `buf`, `len` and `alloc` as `str`, `strlen(str)` and
> `0`, respectively.
> 
> Use Case:
> This is meant to be used to initialize strbufs with constant values and
> thus, only allocating memory when needed.
> 
> Usage Example:
> ```
> strbuf env_var = STRBUF_INIT_CONST("dev");
> ```
> 
> This was added according to the issue opened at [https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/398]

I am not a friend of this change at all. Why do so many functions and
strbuf instances have to pay a price (check for immutable string) for a
feature that they are not using?

As the macro is just intended for convenience, I suggest to implement it
using strbuf_addstr() under the hood. That is much less code churn, and
the price is paid only by the strbufs that actually use the feature.

-- Hannes

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-02-19  8:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-18  4:18 [GSoC][RFC][PATCH 0/2] STRBUF_INIT_CONST Cover Robear Selwans
2020-02-18  4:18 ` [GSoC][RFC][PATCH 1/2] STRBUF_INIT_CONST: a new way to initialize strbuf Robear Selwans
2020-02-18  6:21   ` Jeff King
2020-02-18 14:19     ` Robear Selwans
2020-02-18 20:33       ` Jeff King
2020-02-19  8:13   ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2020-02-20 18:49     ` René Scharfe
2020-02-21  5:21       ` Robear Selwans
2020-02-27  6:50       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-02-27 15:55         ` René Scharfe
2020-02-18  4:18 ` [GSoC][RFC][PATCH 2/2] STRBUF_INIT_CONST: Adapting strbuf_* functions Robear Selwans

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