Re: [PATCH 1/3] implement generic key/value map

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On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 20:55, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 08:54:07PM +0200, Bert Wesarg wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 20:52, Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 19:51, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> +#define MAP_IMPLEMENT(name, ktype, vtype, cmp_fun, hash_fun) \
>> >
>> > This define should probably in the header too. Else this is completely useless.
>>
>> Ahh. One have to read patch 2/3, to see how to use this. Please feel
>> free to ignore this than.
>
> Yeah, you could treat this like a C++ template and assume random bits of
> code will instantiate a map of whatever types they need. But this is C,
> and we only want to instantiate once. So I just figured to keep the
> static list of whatever maps git needs in the map.[ch] files.

When I wrote such macros in the past, the 'generated' functions where
all static. So one could instantiate a map multiple times in different
compilation units where one need to access this type of map.

But I'm perfectly fine with your way, which is new to me.

Bert

>
> -Peff
>
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