Re: [PATCH v7 3/6] t0021: write "OUT <size>" only on success

[Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>]

> On 27 Jun 2017, at 20:44, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> "rot13-filter.pl" always writes "OUT <size>" to the debug log at the end
>> of a response.
>> 
>> This works without issues for the existing responses "abort", "error",
>> and "success". A new response "delayed", that will be introduced in a
>> subsequent patch, accepts the input without giving the filtered result
>> right away. Since we actually have the data already available in our
>> mock filter the debug log output would be wrong/misleading. Therefore,
>> we do not write "OUT <size>" for "delayed" responses.
> 
> I still do not get why you think it makes any difference that you
> are hoarding the result in the mock program.  If the filter needs to
> read a prepared result from a file in t/t0021/ before responding to
> a real request after it replies to "delayed", would that change the
> argument above?  From Git's and the t0021-conversion.sh test's point
> of view, I do not think it makes an iota of difference---it's an
> implementation detail of the mock program.
> 
> I am totally lost.
> 
> Isn't the point of removing the log output from response to "delayed"
> that the filter does not give the output back to Git at that point,
> hence generally the size would not be available in the real-world
> use case (not in the mock program)?

Correct! Sorry for the confusion. How about this?

    "rot13-filter.pl" always writes "OUT <size>" to the debug log at the end
    of a response.

    This works perfectly for the existing responses "abort", "error", and 
    "success". A new response "delayed", that will be introduced in a
    subsequent patch, accepts the input without giving the filtered result
    right away. At this point we cannot know the size of the response.
    Therefore, we do not write "OUT <size>" for "delayed" responses.

    To simplify the code we do not write "OUT <size>" for "abort" and
    "error" responses either as their size is always zero.


Thanks,
Lars