From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] refs: remove functions without ref store
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 12:55:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240509165557.GD1708095@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Zjh8XWwJKp_I1dwE@tanuki>
On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 08:44:45AM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 11:24:11AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> >
> > > Though maybe an even more radical proposal: now that read_ref_full(),
> > > etc, are gone, and we have only refs_read_ref_full(), could/should we
> > > shorten the latter to drop the "refs_" prefix?
> >
> > I view it as a good longer-term goal. But I also view it as an
> > orthogonal issue to the transition.
>
> Personally, I'd prefer to keep the `refs_` prefix. This may be personal
> preference, but I find it way easier to reason about code when there are
> prefixes for our functions that clearly indicate the subsystem they
> belong to.
>
> It's also in line with how other subsystems behave. Everything relating
> to strbufs has a `strbuf_` prefix, attr-related code has `attr_` or
> `git_attr_`, mem-pool has `mem_pool_`. So ref-related code having a
> `ref_` prefix just feels natural to me.
I'd find that more compelling if all of the ref-related code had such a
prefix. But try reading refs.h sometime. ;)
That said, if we want to move in that direction I am OK with it.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-09 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-03 6:27 [PATCH 0/5] refs: remove functions without ref store Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-03 6:27 ` [PATCH 1/5] refs: introduce missing functions that accept a `struct ref_store` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-03 17:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-03 6:28 ` [PATCH 2/5] refs: add `exclude_patterns` parameter to `for_each_fullref_in()` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-03 18:44 ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-03 6:28 ` [PATCH 3/5] cocci: introduce rules to transform "refs" to pass ref store Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-03 6:28 ` [PATCH 4/5] cocci: apply rules to rewrite callers of "refs" interfaces Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-03 18:48 ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-03 19:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-06 6:35 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-03 6:28 ` [PATCH 5/5] refs: remove functions without ref store Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-06 1:15 ` James Liu
2024-05-03 17:24 ` [PATCH 0/5] " Junio C Hamano
2024-05-03 17:35 ` Jeff King
2024-05-03 18:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-06 6:44 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-06 16:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-07 5:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 6:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-07 6:30 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 15:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-09 16:55 ` Jeff King [this message]
2024-05-10 5:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-03 18:58 ` Taylor Blau
2024-05-03 19:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-07 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] refs: introduce missing functions that accept a `struct ref_store` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] refs: add `exclude_patterns` parameter to `for_each_fullref_in()` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] cocci: introduce rules to transform "refs" to pass ref store Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] cocci: apply rules to rewrite callers of "refs" interfaces Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] refs: remove functions without ref store Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 17:27 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " Taylor Blau
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