Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Change the function prototype of xdiff_emit_{line,hunk}_fn to return > an int instead of void. This will allow for returning early from hunk > & diff consumers that want some of the data, but not all of it. > > No behavior is being changed here, just replacing the equivalent of > "return" with "return 0", nothing acts on the changed return values > yet. So, is this "allowing" early return yet? I am looking at the patch title and then reading the above paragraph and wondering. Or is this step "preparation for allowing" and the real fun is left for later steps?