On 3/28/2022 11:43 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > An earlier version of this commit[3] went behind > opt_parse_list_objects_filter()'s back by faking up a "struct option" > before calling it. Let's avoid that and instead create a blessed API > for this pattern. ... > diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.c b/list-objects-filter-options.c > index f02d8df1422..4b25287886d 100644 > --- a/list-objects-filter-options.c > +++ b/list-objects-filter-options.c > @@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ int opt_parse_list_objects_filter(const struct option *opt, > const char *arg, int unset) > { > struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options = opt->value; > + opt_lof_init init = (opt_lof_init)opt->defval; > + > + if (init) > + filter_options = init(opt->value); > > if (unset || !arg) > list_objects_filter_set_no_filter(filter_options); > diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.h b/list-objects-filter-options.h > index 90e4bc96252..ffc02d77e76 100644 > --- a/list-objects-filter-options.h > +++ b/list-objects-filter-options.h > @@ -104,13 +104,31 @@ void parse_list_objects_filter( > struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options, > const char *arg); > > +/** > + * The opt->value to opt_parse_list_objects_filter() is either a > + * "struct list_objects_filter_option *" when using > + * OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER(). > + * > + * Or, if using no "struct option" field is used by the callback, > + * except the "defval" which is expected to be an "opt_lof_init" > + * function, which is called with the "opt->value" and must return a > + * pointer to the ""struct list_objects_filter_option *" to be used. > + * > + * The OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_INIT() can be used e.g. the > + * "struct list_objects_filter_option" is embedded in a "struct > + * rev_info", which the "defval" could be tasked with lazily > + * initializing. See cmd_pack_objects() for an example. > + */ > int opt_parse_list_objects_filter(const struct option *opt, > const char *arg, int unset); > +typedef struct list_objects_filter_options *(*opt_lof_init)(void *); > +#define OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_INIT(fo, init) \ > + { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "filter", (fo), N_("args"), \ > + N_("object filtering"), 0, opt_parse_list_objects_filter, \ > + (intptr_t)(init) } > > #define OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER(fo) \ > - OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", fo, N_("args"), \ > - N_("object filtering"), \ > - opt_parse_list_objects_filter) > + OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_INIT((fo), NULL) I like this way of combining the macros into one implementation (guarded with a NULL check). This version looks good to me. Thanks, -Stolee