Re: [PATCH] refspec.h: reinstate 'extern' to fix sparse warning

[Johannes Schindelin]

On Wed, 16 May 2018, Stefan Beller wrote:

> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Brandon Williams  wrote:
>
> > Though now I'm confused, I thought we were going towards eliminating
> > using the extern keyword? ...of course I guess it means something
> > _slightly_ different when using with a variable vs a function :)
> 
> We're only eliminating it when it is redundant. :-)
> 
> For variables this is not redundant as we need it to tell apart the
> declaration and definition of it, so we have to keep it.

Otherwise we will end up with the variable *defined* for every file that
includes that header. And of course those different versions of the same
variable would have possibly different values...

Re: [PATCH] refspec.h: reinstate 'extern' to fix sparse warning

[Stefan Beller]

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Brandon Williams  wrote:
> On 05/16, Ramsay Jones wrote:
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones 
>> ---
>>
>> Hi Brandon,
>>
>> If you need to re-roll your 'bw/refspec-api' branch, could you please
>> squash this, or the equivalent change before the 'struct refname' to
>> 'struct refname_item' name change, into the relevant patch. (which
>> would be patch #1, commit 8999381ed).
>>
>> This patch was built on top of 'pu', but as I said above, patch #1
>> is where the original 'extern' keyword was dropped. (see first hunk
>> of the diff to 'remote.h').
>
> Of course I'll do that, I'm planning on sending out a v2 by the end of
> the day and I'll incorporate that.
>
> Though now I'm confused, I thought we were going towards eliminating
> using the extern keyword? ...of course I guess it means something
> _slightly_ different when using with a variable vs a function :)

We're only eliminating it when it is redundant. :-)

For variables this is not redundant as we need it to tell apart the
declaration and definition of it, so we have to keep it.

Re: [PATCH] refspec.h: reinstate 'extern' to fix sparse warning

[Brandon Williams]

On 05/16, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones 
> ---
> 
> Hi Brandon,
> 
> If you need to re-roll your 'bw/refspec-api' branch, could you please
> squash this, or the equivalent change before the 'struct refname' to
> 'struct refname_item' name change, into the relevant patch. (which
> would be patch #1, commit 8999381ed).
> 
> This patch was built on top of 'pu', but as I said above, patch #1
> is where the original 'extern' keyword was dropped. (see first hunk
> of the diff to 'remote.h').

Of course I'll do that, I'm planning on sending out a v2 by the end of
the day and I'll incorporate that.

Though now I'm confused, I thought we were going towards eliminating
using the extern keyword? ...of course I guess it means something
_slightly_ different when using with a variable vs a function :)

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> ATB,
> Ramsay Jones
> 
>  refspec.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/refspec.h b/refspec.h
> index 374f8ea63..7e1ff94ac 100644
> --- a/refspec.h
> +++ b/refspec.h
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
>  #define REFSPEC_H
>  
>  #define TAG_REFSPEC "refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*"
> -const struct refspec_item *tag_refspec;
> +extern const struct refspec_item *tag_refspec;
>  
>  struct refspec_item {
>   unsigned force : 1;
> -- 
> 2.17.0

-- 
Brandon Williams