> -----Original Message----- > From: Junio C Hamano > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 13:11 > > "brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I don't know of any place we explicitly copy structs like > > this,... > > which should be a reason enough. The first concrete guideline is > "just imitate the existing code". > > > but I don't know of any prohibition against it, either. > > So now you know ;-). To expand, on that do not trust the compiler to do deep copies. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2302351/assign-one-struct-to-another-in-c Hit #1 on https://www.google.com/search?q=c+assignment+of+struct -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. -- 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