From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>,
christain.couder@gmail.com,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] bisect: rewrite `check_term_format` shell function in C
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 13:49:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPig+cTXj2=iV0RnZU2Lpr3aqoqWOhPKNdpmOjdh+GocNHiP6g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFZEwPNdmJdt=4Hg7KpfGS51sDeKyAPWgApESf564kt_eaP3Rg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 3:36 AM, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:07 AM, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> + if (check_refname_format(new_term.buf, flag))
>>>>> + die(_("'%s' is not a valid term\n"), term);
>>>>
>>>> Why does this die() while the other "invalid" cases merely return
>>>> error()? What makes this special?
>>>
>>> This is because I felt that if check_refname_format() fails then its a
>>> fatal error while in other cases, it is not as fatal.
>>
>> The name of the command is "check-term-format" and that is precisely
>> its purpose so, from the perspective of the caller, *all* problems
>> with the term are fatal. It's black-and-white, there is no grey:
>> either a term is acceptable, or it isn't; that's all the caller wants
>> to know. Consequently, all problems detected by this function should
>> be reported the same way (preferably via 'return error()').
>
> Sure. I will use 'return error()'. Any particular reason why this
> instead of die() ?
This function's specific purpose is *check* some input for validity
and let the caller know the result of that check. The most natural way
to do so is by returning a success/failure value to the caller.
die() is for signalling an exceptional condition which should abort
the program. There is nothing exceptional about a "false" result from
check-term-format, thus die() not an appropriate way to pass the
result to the caller.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-04 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 114+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-21 19:00 [PATCH] bisect--helper: convert a function in shell to C Pranit Bauva
2016-03-22 0:28 ` Stefan Beller
2016-03-22 6:10 ` Christian Couder
2016-03-22 6:13 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-03-22 6:13 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-03-22 8:01 ` [PATCH v2] " Pranit Bauva
2016-03-22 15:09 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-03-22 15:11 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-03-22 17:46 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-03-23 11:23 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-03-22 16:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-22 16:49 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-03-22 17:52 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-03-22 17:59 ` Stefan Beller
2016-03-23 11:24 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-03-22 17:45 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-03-23 11:22 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-03-23 13:53 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-03-23 7:16 ` [PATCH v3] " Pranit Bauva
2016-03-23 11:57 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-03-23 13:16 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-03-23 16:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-23 18:38 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-03-23 16:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-23 18:46 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 5:07 ` [PATCH 0/2] bisect--helper: rewrite of check_term_format() Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 5:07 ` [PATCH 1/2] bisect--helper: use OPT_CMDMODE instead of OPT_BOOL Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 5:34 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 6:07 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-04 6:50 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-04 11:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-04 12:04 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 12:05 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-04 12:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-04 12:41 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-04 14:56 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-04 19:07 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-08 6:54 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-04 7:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-04 11:02 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-04 5:07 ` [PATCH 2/2] bisect: rewrite `check_term_format` shell function in C Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 6:52 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-04 7:36 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 7:40 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 8:28 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-04 8:54 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-04 11:58 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 17:49 ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2016-05-04 18:08 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 11:13 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-04 12:00 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-04 12:21 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-04 19:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-04 5:22 ` [PATCH 0/2] bisect--helper: rewrite of check_term_format() Christian Couder
2016-05-04 5:25 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-06 14:49 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] bisect--helper: rewrite of check-term-format() Pranit Bauva
2016-05-06 14:49 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] bisect--helper: use OPT_CMDMODE instead of OPT_BOOL Pranit Bauva
2016-05-08 7:04 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-08 7:17 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-08 15:30 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-08 15:33 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-09 14:59 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-09 15:33 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-06 14:49 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] bisect: rewrite `check_term_format` shell function in C Pranit Bauva
2016-05-07 0:05 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-06 22:15 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] bisect--helper: rewrite of check-term-format() Junio C Hamano
2016-05-07 13:07 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-08 2:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-08 6:23 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-08 13:34 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-16 0:35 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-16 17:07 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-20 6:59 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-12 5:32 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] bisect--helper: check_term_format() & write_terms() Pranit Bauva
2016-05-12 5:32 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] bisect--helper: use OPT_CMDMODE instead of OPT_BOOL Pranit Bauva
2016-05-16 7:07 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-20 7:17 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-12 5:32 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] bisect: rewrite `check_term_format` shell function in C Pranit Bauva
2016-05-12 22:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-13 6:59 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-13 18:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-12 5:32 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] bisect--helper: `write_terms` " Pranit Bauva
2016-05-16 7:28 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-16 13:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-16 15:42 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-16 16:45 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-16 16:59 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-20 7:45 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-23 11:07 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-23 13:58 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-23 15:10 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-23 14:33 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-20 7:42 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-23 14:48 ` [PATCH v7 0/3] bisect--helper: check_term_format() & write_terms() Pranit Bauva
2016-05-23 14:48 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] bisect--helper: use OPT_CMDMODE instead of OPT_BOOL Pranit Bauva
2016-05-23 14:48 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] bisect: rewrite `check_term_format` shell function in C Pranit Bauva
2016-05-23 14:48 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] bisect--helper: `write_terms` " Pranit Bauva
2016-05-23 16:01 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-05-23 17:59 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-24 7:21 ` [PATCH v8 0/3] bisect--helper: check-term-format() & write_terms() Pranit Bauva
2016-05-24 18:42 ` [PATCH v9 0/3] bisect--helper: check_term_format() and write_terms() Pranit Bauva
2016-05-24 18:42 ` [PATCH v9 1/3] bisect--helper: use OPT_CMDMODE instead of OPT_BOOL Pranit Bauva
2016-05-24 18:42 ` [PATCH v9 2/3] bisect: rewrite `check_term_format` shell function in C Pranit Bauva
2016-05-24 18:42 ` [PATCH v9 3/3] bisect--helper: `write_terms` " Pranit Bauva
2016-05-24 7:21 ` [PATCH v8 1/3] bisect--helper: use OPT_CMDMODE instead of OPT_BOOL Pranit Bauva
2016-05-24 7:21 ` [PATCH v8 2/3] bisect: rewrite `check_term_format` shell function in C Pranit Bauva
2016-05-25 5:04 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-25 5:13 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-06-16 7:10 ` Lars Schneider
2016-06-17 12:48 ` Pranit Bauva
2016-05-24 7:21 ` [PATCH v8 3/3] bisect--helper: `write_terms` " Pranit Bauva
2016-05-24 7:33 ` Christian Couder
2016-05-24 17:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-24 18:31 ` Pranit Bauva
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