Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > And since Abhradeep is a new contributor, I found it important to steer > the direction toward sound advice that they can use over and over again > over the course of their career: whenever possible, prefer static checks > over runtime ones. Thanks Johannes for the advice. I will always remember it ^^ > Of course, if we can convince Coccinelle (together with Python) to give us > the static check, we might very well be able to port more of > `parse_options_check()` from runtime checks to static ones, which would be > a clear win. > > If that is possible, we could save ourselves a lot of time by skipping (2) > altogether. > > And as I said, Julia's advice looked really good. If only I wasn't > desperately short on time, I would have given it a try because it sounds > not only fun but also very, very useful in Git's context. Since Junio and you both have an interest in Coccinelle, if you allow, I want to look into it. Thanks :)
