Thomas, On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:11:36AM +0200, Thomas Braun wrote: > Am 12.06.2014 09:29, schrieb Jeremiah Mahler: > > A common use case with strubfs is to set the buffer to a new value. > > This must be done in two steps: a reset followed by an add. > > > > strbuf_reset(buf); > > strbuf_add(buf, new_buf, len); > > > > In cases where the buffer is being built up in steps, these operations > > make sense and correctly convey what is being performed. > > > > strbuf_reset(buf); > > strbuf_add(buf, data1, len1); > > strbuf_add(buf, data2, len2); > > strbuf_add(buf, data3, len3); > > > > However, in other cases, it can be confusing and is not very concise. > > > > strbuf_reset(buf); > > strbuf_add(buf, default, len1); > > > > if (cond1) { > > strbuf_reset(buf); > > strbuf_add(buf, data2, len2); > > } > > > > if (cond2) { > > strbuf_reset(buf); > > strbuf_add(buf, data3, len3); > > } > > > > Add strbuf_set operations so that it can be re-written in a clear and > > concise way. > > > > strbuf_set(buf, default len1); > very minor nit: missing comma between default and len1. I can't believe I missed that. Good catch ;-) -- Jeremiah Mahler jmmahler@xxxxxxxxx http://github.com/jmahler -- 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