Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@xxxxxxxxx> writes: As we already have such an ifdef block here... > +#ifdef USE_LIBPCRE2 > +static pcre2_general_context *pcre2_global_context; > + > +#ifdef USE_NED_ALLOCATOR > +static void *pcre2_malloc(PCRE2_SIZE size, MAYBE_UNUSED void *memory_data) > +{ > + return xmalloc(size); /* will use nedalloc underneath */ > +} > + > +static void pcre2_free(void *pointer, MAYBE_UNUSED void *memory_data) > +{ > + return free(pointer); > +} > +#endif > +#endif ... perhaps an ugly ifdef block like this one ... > +static struct grep_pat *create_grep_pat(struct grep_opt *opt, > + const char *pat, size_t patlen, > const char *origin, int no, > enum grep_pat_token t, > enum grep_header_field field) > { > struct grep_pat *p = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*p)); > + > +#if defined(USE_LIBPCRE2) && defined(USE_NED_ALLOCATOR) > + /* BUG: this is technically not needed if we will do UTF matching > + * but UTF locale detection is currently broken */ > + /* SMELL: opt shouldn't be needed at this level but it is used > + * here to keep the way we were detecting the need for > + * the chartable consistent and until it can be refactored > + * properly. the NULL check is needed as a workaround > + * for segfaulting in t7810.102 and should also go */ > + /* TODO: has_non_ascii doesn't support NUL in pattern */ > + if (!pcre2_global_context && opt && opt->ignore_case && > + has_non_ascii(pat)) > + pcre2_global_context = pcre2_general_context_create( > + pcre2_malloc, pcre2_free, NULL); > +#endif > + ... can be abstracted away by *not* having the #if/#endif here and instead have a line that looks like this: setup_pcre2_as_needed(opt, pat); which implementation can be prepared near the top, close to where pcre2_malloc/free are defined (or not) above, i.e. #if defined(USE_LIBPCRE2) && defined(USE_NED_ALLOCATOR) static void setup_pcre2_as_needed(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *pat) { ... the above one ... } #else #define setup_pcre2_as_needed(ignore1, ignore2) /* nothing */ #endif The conditional code in grep_destroy() can be eliminated in a similar fashion, i.e. void grep_destroy(void) { cleanup_pcre2_as_needed(); } with #ifdef USE_LIBPCRE2 static void cleanup_pcre2_as_needed(void) { pcre2_general_context_free(pcre2_global_context); } #else #define cleanup_pcre2_as_needed() /* nothing */ #endif near the top (the beneral idea is to "call" a helper function whose name describes what the call is for in a more general terms, and let only the implementation details be hidden inside ifdef blocks). Also, /* * our multi-line comments are supposed to be formatted like * this, with opening and closing slash-asterisk and asterisk-slash * on their own lines. */