Re: [PATCH 3/4] grep: simplify color setup

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On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 07:31:09PM +0100, Martin Ågren wrote:

> The previous commit left us with only one user of the one-line wrapper
> `color_set()`. We could inline it, but note how we're `xsnprintf()`-ing
> all the entries in one array into another array of the same type. We
> might as well just `memcpy()` everything into place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Cc-ing Peff, who initially introduced this helper. After having inlined
>  the function into the for loop, it seemed better to just copy the whole
>  array. Happy to hear arguments against.

No, this is way better than the existing code. I introduced it to get
away from strcpy(), but this is better still. But...

>  Come to think of it, I suppose we could copy the whole struct and not
>  just the color array. Hmmm...

Yes, this seems even better. If our goal is just to start our new
grep_opt the same as grep_defaults, then a single-line struct copy
(whether through assignment or memcpy) is even clearer and more
maintainable.

-Peff



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