Re: [PATCH 3/3] Use stringbuf to clean up some string handling code.

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Timo Sirainen, Sun, May 20, 2007 04:25:42 +0200:
>> ---
>>  commit.c      |   30 +++++++++++++-----------------
>>  local-fetch.c |   34 ++++++++++++++++------------------
>>  2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
> I find it hard to believe that it actually was a cleanup.
>
> It is a nicer code, but... it is bigger, heavier on stack, and it does
> not actually fix anything.
>
> In my experience, such changes are seldom worth the effort. It may be
> a nice code (and I actually like str.[hc]), but its use _must_ be
> justified. I.e. it must simplify a complex formatting routine, or fix
> a bug, which otherwise would be too hard or ugly to fix. It is
> definitely not the case in this patch.

Thanks.  I was kind of waiting for somebody to say that for me
;-)

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