Re: [PATCH v3 02/35] pkt-line: introduce struct packet_reader

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Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Brandon Williams wrote:

>> Sometimes it is advantageous to be able to peek the next packet line
>> without consuming it (e.g. to be able to determine the protocol version
>> a server is speaking).  In order to do that introduce 'struct
>> packet_reader' which is an abstraction around the normal packet reading
>> logic.  This enables a caller to be able to peek a single line at a time
>> using 'packet_reader_peek()' and having a caller consume a line by
>> calling 'packet_reader_read()'.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  pkt-line.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  pkt-line.h | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
>
> I like it!
>
> The questions and nits from
> https://public-inbox.org/git/20180213004937.GB42272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> still apply.  In particular, the ownership of the buffers inside the
> 'struct packet_reader' is still unclear; could the packet_reader create
> its own (strbuf) buffers so that the contract around them (who is allowed
> to write to them; who is responsible for freeing them) is more obvious?

Just to be clear: I sent that review after you sent this patch, so
there should not have been any reason for me to expect the q's and
nits to magically not apply. ;-)



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