On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 23:44, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But more important question is why? > > What benefit are we getting by almost doubling the stack footprint of this > function? ÂWhat problem are you fixing? Well, in matters of code readability and maintainability, it's best to use different variables for different matters... Nowadays, memory isn't really an issue anymore, is it? I think it's valid to make code more readable, if memory cost isn't absurd. -- JoÃo Paulo Melo de Sampaio Computer Engineering Student @ UFSCar Website: http://www.jpmelos.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jpmelos (@jpmelos) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html