From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Such an API change allows us to use an argv_array this way: struct argv_array to_free = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT; const char *msg; if (some condition) { msg = "constant string message"; ... other logic ... } else { msg = argv_pushf(&to_free, "format %s", var); } ... use "msg" ... ... do other things ... argv_clear(&to_free); Note that argv_array_pushl() and argv_array_pushv() are used to push one or more strings with a single call, so we do not return any one of these strings from these two functions in order to reduce the chance to misuse the API. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@xxxxxxxxx> --- argv-array.h | 4 ++-- argv-array.c | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/argv-array.h b/argv-array.h index 29056e49a1..715c93b246 100644 --- a/argv-array.h +++ b/argv-array.h @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ struct argv_array { #define ARGV_ARRAY_INIT { empty_argv, 0, 0 } void argv_array_init(struct argv_array *); -void argv_array_push(struct argv_array *, const char *); +const char *argv_array_push(struct argv_array *, const char *); __attribute__((format (printf,2,3))) -void argv_array_pushf(struct argv_array *, const char *fmt, ...); +const char *argv_array_pushf(struct argv_array *, const char *fmt, ...); LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL void argv_array_pushl(struct argv_array *, ...); void argv_array_pushv(struct argv_array *, const char **); diff --git a/argv-array.c b/argv-array.c index 5d370fa336..449dfc105a 100644 --- a/argv-array.c +++ b/argv-array.c @@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ static void argv_array_push_nodup(struct argv_array *array, const char *value) array->argv[array->argc] = NULL; } -void argv_array_push(struct argv_array *array, const char *value) +const char *argv_array_push(struct argv_array *array, const char *value) { argv_array_push_nodup(array, xstrdup(value)); + return array->argv[array->argc - 1]; } -void argv_array_pushf(struct argv_array *array, const char *fmt, ...) +const char *argv_array_pushf(struct argv_array *array, const char *fmt, ...) { va_list ap; struct strbuf v = STRBUF_INIT; @@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ void argv_array_pushf(struct argv_array *array, const char *fmt, ...) va_end(ap); argv_array_push_nodup(array, strbuf_detach(&v, NULL)); + return array->argv[array->argc - 1]; } void argv_array_pushl(struct argv_array *array, ...) -- 2.17.0.840.g5d83f92caf