On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 11:35:11PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > That is, "for objects we have, make sure it uniquely identifies, > otherwise, make sure the phoney name is long enough such that it would not > name any existing object". I think your logic is correct, and I think naming it 'exists' is more readable (I don't have a tendency not to double-negate). But... > - if (!status || > - (is_null && status != SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS)) { > + if (exists > + ? !status > + : status == SHORT_NAME_NOT_FOUND) { > hex[len] = 0; > return hex; > } Maybe it is just me, but I find the ternary operator here reduces readability. I would have liked the more verbose: if ((exists && !status) || (!exists && status == SHORT_NAME_NOT_FOUND)) { But now I am just painting your bikeshed. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html