On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > The function does not seem to use type (which the patch is also setting) > > nor real_type (which the patch does not set). > > > > However, the code checks objects[nth].real_type all over the place in > > the code. Doesn't the lack of real_type assignment in > > append_obj_to_pack() affect them in any way? > > >From staring at the code, I thought that real_type was set in > resolve_delta(), but I may be wrong. > > The safer thing would be to set it, but I am not quite sure if we can use > "type" directly, or if type can be "delta" for an object that is used to > complete the pack, and therefore stored as a non-delta. Objects to complete the pack are always non delta, so the type and real_type should be the same. However that shouldn't matter since at that point the object array is not walked anymore, at least not for appended objects, and therefore initializing the type at that point is redundant. Nicolas -- 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
