Re: [PATCH 1/2] ref-filter: mark a file-local symbol as static

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On 02/03/18 03:59, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Ramsay Jones wrote:
> 
>> Commit fcfba37337 ('ref-filter: make "--contains <id>" less chatty if
>> <id> is invalid', 2018-02-23) added the add_str_to_commit_list()
>> function, which causes sparse to issue a "... not declared. Should it
>> be static?" warning for that symbol.
> 
> Thanks for catching it!
> 
>> In order to suppress the warning, mark that function as static.
> 
> Isn't this closer to
> 
> 	Indeed, the function is only used in this one compilation
> 	unit. Mark it static.
> 
> ?  In other words, sparse's warning is accurate, and this is not about
> trying to quiet a false positive but about addressing a true positive.

I thought that was implied by the commit subject line. :-D

However, it certainly doesn't hurt to be more explicit.

Junio, do you want me to re-roll, or would you mind tweaking the
commit message while queueing?

Thanks!

ATB,
Ramsay Jones





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