Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:15:02AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > >> Maybe we should stick to the established practice of the many, many >> reentrant POSIX functions following the *_r() naming convention? I.e. >> the reentrant version of localtime() is called localtime_r(), the >> reentrant version of random() is called random_r() etc. >> >> So I could see myself not needing an explanation if I had read >> sha1_to_hex_r(...). > > I like this suggestion. By itself, the "_r" does not communicate as much > as "_to" to me, but as long as the reader knows the "_r" idiom, it > communicates much more. > > I'll switch to this unless there is any objection. Fine by me. Thanks. -- 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