On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 1:11 AM, Eric Sunshine <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
>> @@ -503,6 +503,35 @@ void strbuf_git_path_submodule(struct strbuf *buf,
>> const char *path,
>> +const char *git_common_path(const char *fmt, ...)
>> +{
>> + struct strbuf *pathname = get_pathname();
>> + va_list args;
>> + va_start(args, fmt);
>> + do_git_common_path(pathname, fmt, args);
>> + va_end(args);
>> + return pathname->buf;
>
> Is the caller expected to free this value? If not, then shouldn't
> 'pathname' be static? If so, then perhaps strbuf_detach() would be
> clearer (and return 'char *' rather than 'const char *').
get_pathname() actually holds a ring of static buffer. So no, we don't
need static pathname, it can be a new buffer next time, mostly to to
make printf("%s %s", git_common_path(..), git_common_path(..)) work.
And no the caller is not supposed to free it, a little bit more
convenient.
--
Duy
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