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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>,
	Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] strvec: add a strvec_pushvec()
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:05:00 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq7dfygsg3.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v93i8svd.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> ("Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason"'s message of "Fri, 03 Sep 2021 01:19:33 +0200")

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> Since the main point of this API is to be a wrapper for what a C main()
> would take, shouldn't its prototype mirror its prototype? I.e. we should
> stick to "int" here?

That's a fair-enough argument.

In other words, we do not mind the upper limit of 2 billion strings,
even though we do care that we can have more than 4 billion bytes in
any of these strings ;-)

  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-03  5:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-27  0:41 [PATCH 0/4] bundle: show progress on "unbundle" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-27  0:41 ` [PATCH 1/4] bundle API: start writing API documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-27  0:41 ` [PATCH 2/4] bundle API: change "flags" to be "extra_index_pack_args" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-27  0:41 ` [PATCH 3/4] index-pack: add --progress-title option Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-27  0:41 ` [PATCH 4/4] bundle: show progress on "unbundle" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-23 11:02 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-23 11:02   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] bundle API: start writing API documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-24 17:01     ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-24 21:48       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-23 11:02   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] bundle API: change "flags" to be "extra_index_pack_args" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-24 17:09     ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-24 21:41       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-24 21:48         ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-23 11:02   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] index-pack: add --progress-title option Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-24 17:18     ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-24 21:40       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-23 11:02   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] bundle: show progress on "unbundle" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-24 17:23     ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-24 21:39       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-26 14:05 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-26 14:05   ` [PATCH v3 1/5] bundle API: start writing API documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-26 14:05   ` [PATCH v3 2/5] strvec: add a strvec_pushvec() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-28  1:23     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-28  1:29       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-28  4:12         ` Jeff King
2021-08-29 23:54           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-30 17:30             ` Derrick Stolee
2021-09-02 23:19           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-03  5:05             ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-09-03 11:06             ` Jeff King
2021-08-26 14:05   ` [PATCH v3 3/5] bundle API: change "flags" to be "extra_index_pack_args" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-28  1:44     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-26 14:05   ` [PATCH v3 4/5] index-pack: add --progress-title option Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-28  1:50     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-26 14:05   ` [PATCH v3 5/5] bundle: show progress on "unbundle" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-08-28  1:54     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-02 22:47       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-05  7:34   ` [PATCH v4 0/4] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-05  7:34     ` [PATCH v4 1/4] bundle API: start writing API documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-05  7:34     ` [PATCH v4 2/4] bundle API: change "flags" to be "extra_index_pack_args" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-05  7:34     ` [PATCH v4 3/4] index-pack: add --progress-title option Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-05  7:34     ` [PATCH v4 4/4] bundle: show progress on "unbundle" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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