Re: [PATCH 1/4] Add prefixcmp()

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> writes:

> We have too many strncmp(a, b, strlen(b)).
>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  git-compat-util.h |    5 +++++
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
> index 9863cf6..0a9ac56 100644
> --- a/git-compat-util.h
> +++ b/git-compat-util.h
> @@ -279,4 +279,9 @@ static inline int sane_case(int x, int high)
>  	return x;
>  }
>  
> +static inline int prefixcmp(const char *a, const char *b)
> +{
> +	return strncmp(a, b, strlen(b));
> +}
> +
>  #endif

Is it just me, or coudln't this be a little more self-documenting.  I
find it annoying to have to read through a functions implementation to
figure out what to pass to it.

If a doc comment is too much, just naming the parameters is often
enough.

+static inline int prefixcmp(const char *s, const char *prefix)

-- 
David Kågedal

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