From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com>
Cc: rsbecker@nexbridge.com, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
git@vger.kernel.org, avarab@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wrapper: remove xunsetenv()
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:56:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqk0hvijgg.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPUEsphuqsxUmaH6wRWi_+HT+ukyRxfuPe6hKoJt9kc-GRxBjA@mail.gmail.com> (Carlo Arenas's message of "Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:50:39 -0700")
Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 2:43 PM <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:
>>
>> On October 29, 2021 5:37 PM, Jeff King wrote:
>> > On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 02:27:05PM -0700, Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón wrote:
>> >
>> > > Remove the unused wrapper function.
>> >
>> > I don't mind removing this if nobody is using it, but doesn't your first paragraph
>> > argue that our definition of gitunsetenv() is just wrong?
>> > I.e., it should return an int, even if it is always "0"?
>
> I couldn't figure the intent Jason had when this code was added in
> 2006, but considering how Junio suggested using void for the wrapper,
> my guess is that we really wanted to make sure nobody will consider
> errors for that function as actionable.
>
>> > Or is it a portability question? I.e., are there platforms where
>> > unsetenv() also returns void, in which case we must make sure nobody ever
>> > looks at its return value (and xunsetenv() is therefore a wrong direction)?
>>
>> At least on NonStop x86, it is
>>
>> int unsetenv(const char *name);
>
> I don't think there is any platform that had anything but int, and so
> I agree with you that it would be much better if the compatibility
> layer returns 0, but as you pointed out, this was the safest approach
> considering we are 1 day after rc0 ;)
I do not plan to have *ANYTHING* I first see today in -rc0. Not
even near 'next'. No way.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-29 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2021-10-29 21:27 ` [PATCH] wrapper: remove xunsetenv() Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2021-10-29 21:37 ` Jeff King
2021-10-29 21:43 ` rsbecker
2021-10-29 21:50 ` Carlo Arenas
2021-10-29 21:56 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-10-29 21:51 ` Jeff King
2021-10-29 21:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-29 22:00 ` Jeff King
2021-10-29 22:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-29 23:11 ` Jeff King
2021-10-29 22:01 ` rsbecker
2021-10-29 22:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-30 0:13 ` rsbecker
2021-10-29 21:37 ` rsbecker
2021-10-29 21:43 ` Carlo Arenas
2021-10-29 21:48 ` rsbecker
2021-10-29 21:53 ` Junio C Hamano
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