Re: [PATCH 1/2] fetch-object: provide only one fetching function

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> writes:

>> Instead of explaining why the new convention is better to justify
>> (2), the above three lines handwave by saying "more flexible"
>> twice.  We should do better.
>> 
>> 	fetch-object: unify fetch_object[s] functions
>> 
>> 	There are fetch_object() and fetch_objects() helpers in
>> 	fetch-object.h; as the latter takes "struct oid_array",
>> 	the former cannot be made into a thin wrapper around the
>> 	latter without an extra allocation and set-up cost.
>> 
>> 	Update fetch_objects() to take an array of "struct
>> 	object_id" and number of elements in it as separate
>> 	parameters, remove fetch_object(), and adjust all existing
>> 	callers of these functions to use the new fetch_objects().
>> 
>> perhaps?
>
> Thanks - your explanation is much clearer than mine. Let me know if you
> want a reroll (or if you can update the commit message yourself, that's
> fine too).

If there is no other change needed for either of the patches, I do
not mind rewording the 1/2 myself to save a round-trip.

Thanks.