Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Like this: > > else if (skip_prefix(name, "align", &valp)) { > struct align *align = &v->u.align; > struct strbuf **s; > > if (valp[0] != ':') > die(_("format: usage %%(align:<width>,<position>)")); > else > valp++; > ...... > ........ > } Checking the string's correctness as you read it seems good to me, yes. But as you say, you should make this a bit more generic, for example by putting your "if/else" in a helper function, that other atoms could use. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ -- 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