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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.

  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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