Re: [PATCH v2] C: use skip-prefix to avoid hardcoded string length

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Andrei Rybak <rybak.a.v@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 1/30/20 8:35 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> We often skip an optional prefix in a string with a hardcoded
>> constant, e.g.
>>
>>       if (starts_with(string, "prefix"))
>>               string += 6;
>>
>> which is less error prone when written
>>
>>       skip_prefix(string, "prefix", &string);
>
> Should the subject line say "skip_prefix" with an underscore instead of
> "skip-prefix" with a dash?

Perhaps.  Or "skip_prefix()" to clarify that we are talking about a
function.



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