On Tue, 2 Jan 2018 16:18:04 -0800 Brandon Williams <bmwill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > diff --git a/pkt-line.h b/pkt-line.h > index 06c468927..c446e886a 100644 > --- a/pkt-line.h > +++ b/pkt-line.h > @@ -111,6 +111,63 @@ char *packet_read_line_buf(char **src_buf, size_t *src_len, int *size); > */ > ssize_t read_packetized_to_strbuf(int fd_in, struct strbuf *sb_out); > > +struct packet_reader { > + /* source file descriptor */ > + int fd; > + > + /* source buffer and its size */ > + char *src_buffer; > + size_t src_len; > + > + /* buffer that pkt-lines are read into and its size */ > + char *buffer; > + unsigned buffer_size; Is the intention to support different buffers in the future? [snip] > +/* > + * Peek the next packet line without consuming it and return the status. > + * The next call to 'packet_reader_read()' will perform a read of the same line > + * that was peeked, consuming the line. > + * > + * Only a single line can be peeked at a time. It is logical to me that if you peeked at a line, and then peeked at it again, you will get the same line - I would phrase this not as a restriction ("only a single line") but just as a statement of fact (e.g. "Peeking at the same line multiple times without an intervening packet_reader_read will return the same result"). > + */ > +extern enum packet_read_status packet_reader_peek(struct packet_reader *reader); > + > #define DEFAULT_PACKET_MAX 1000 > #define LARGE_PACKET_MAX 65520 > #define LARGE_PACKET_DATA_MAX (LARGE_PACKET_MAX - 4)