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From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/13] reftable/block: use `size_t` to track restart point index
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 09:23:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zk2ddTsVLXbjDmmh@tanuki> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOLa=ZQb3if7vcvRcOm8qHSMGo=dSv0nsjCk0R_hhRWU_d7wfw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 01:34:48PM +0000, Karthik Nayak wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> 
> > The function `block_reader_restart_offset()` gets the offset of the
> > `i`th restart point. `i` is a signed integer though, which is certainly
> > not the correct type to track indices like this. Furthermore, both
> > callers end up passing a `size_t`.
> >
> > Refactor the code to use a `size_t` instead.
> 
> More of a question for my understanding: Why use `size_t` vs `uint16_t`
> here? I'm asking since the restart count is defined as `uint16_t
> restart_count` in `struct block_reader`.

Mostly because all callers already use `size_t`, and it's customary to
use them when talking about indices. We could use `uint16_t`, too, but
it didn't really feel worth it to adjust all callers.

Patrick

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-22  7:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-08 11:03 [PATCH 00/13] reftable: prepare for re-seekable iterators Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:03 ` [PATCH 01/13] reftable/block: use `size_t` to track restart point index Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:03 ` [PATCH 02/13] reftable/reader: avoid copying index iterator Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:03 ` [PATCH 03/13] reftable/reader: unify indexed and linear seeking Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:03 ` [PATCH 04/13] reftable/reader: separate concerns of table iter and reftable reader Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:03 ` [PATCH 05/13] reftable/reader: inline `reader_seek_internal()` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:04 ` [PATCH 06/13] reftable/reader: set up the reader when initializing table iterator Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:04 ` [PATCH 07/13] reftable/merged: split up initialization and seeking of records Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 19:18   ` Justin Tobler
2024-05-13  8:36     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:04 ` [PATCH 08/13] reftable/merged: simplify indices for subiterators Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 19:25   ` Justin Tobler
2024-05-13  8:36     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:04 ` [PATCH 09/13] reftable/generic: move seeking of records into the iterator Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 21:44   ` Justin Tobler
2024-05-13  8:36     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:04 ` [PATCH 10/13] reftable/generic: adapt interface to allow reuse of iterators Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:04 ` [PATCH 11/13] reftable/reader: " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 21:48   ` Justin Tobler
2024-05-13  8:36     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:04 ` [PATCH 12/13] reftable/stack: provide convenience functions to create iterators Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 11:04 ` [PATCH 13/13] reftable/merged: adapt interface to allow reuse of iterators Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 23:42 ` [PATCH 00/13] reftable: prepare for re-seekable iterators Junio C Hamano
2024-05-09  0:16   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-10  7:48   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 15:40     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-10 16:13       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 17:17         ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-13  8:46 ` [PATCH v2 " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 01/13] reftable/block: use `size_t` to track restart point index Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-21 13:34     ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-22  7:23       ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 02/13] reftable/reader: avoid copying index iterator Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 03/13] reftable/reader: unify indexed and linear seeking Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-21 14:41     ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-22  7:23       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-22  7:56         ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 04/13] reftable/reader: separate concerns of table iter and reftable reader Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 05/13] reftable/reader: inline `reader_seek_internal()` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 06/13] reftable/reader: set up the reader when initializing table iterator Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 07/13] reftable/merged: split up initialization and seeking of records Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 08/13] reftable/merged: simplify indices for subiterators Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 09/13] reftable/generic: move seeking of records into the iterator Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 10/13] reftable/generic: adapt interface to allow reuse of iterators Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 11/13] reftable/reader: " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:47   ` [PATCH v2 12/13] reftable/stack: provide convenience functions to create iterators Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-13  8:48   ` [PATCH v2 13/13] reftable/merged: adapt interface to allow reuse of iterators Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-15 20:15   ` [PATCH v2 00/13] reftable: prepare for re-seekable iterators Justin Tobler
2024-05-21 15:31   ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-22  7:23     ` Patrick Steinhardt

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