Re: [PATCH 1/2] sequencer: trivial fix

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On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Joachim Schmitz
<jojo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Felipe Contreras [mailto:felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:52 PM
>> To: Joachim Schmitz
>> Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sequencer: trivial fix
>>
>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:58 AM, Joachim Schmitz
>> <jojo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>
>> >>> It probably is better to fold this patch into the other one when it
>> >>> is rerolled to correct the option name gotcha "on the tin".
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Why? This patch is standalone and fixes an issue that is independent
>> >> of the other patch. Why squash two patches that do *two* different
>> >> things?
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, I'll happily drop this patch if you want this memory leak to
>> >> remain. But then I'll do the same in the other patch.
>> >>
>> >> This mantra of avodiing 'goto' is not helping anybody.
>> >
>> >
>> > adding 5 letters (to change the next "if" into an "else if") versus your
>> > addition of several lines and some 15 additional letters (ignoring the
>> > whitsspace)  is IMHO enough to see what is better?
>>
>> This has nothing to do with what Junio said.
>
> Well, it has, but you had snipped it. But replied to the goto issue regardless

I didn't snip anything, this is a different context.

>> This is better done without "goto" in general.

He din't say:

__
It probably is better to fold this patch into the other one when it
is rerolled to correct the option name gotcha "on the tin", AND you
fix the goto issue.
__

You added that last part in your mind. Moreover, he didn't say goto
was an issue, he simply stated an opinion about some generality.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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