Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library.

On 9/6/07, Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Dmitry Kakurin wrote:

quoted

As it is right now, it's too hard to see the high-level logic thru
this endless-busy-work of micro-managing strings and memory.

Total BS. The string/memory management is not at all relevant. Look at the
code (I bet you didn't). This isn't the important, or complex part.

Not only have I looked at the code, I've also debugged it quite a bit.
Granted most of my problems had to do with handling paths on Windows
(i.e. string manipulations).

Let me snip "C is better than C++" part ...

[ snip ]

... and explain where I'm coming from:
My goal is to *use* Git. When something does not work *for me* I want
to be able to fix it (and contribute the fix) in *shortest time
possible* and with *minimal efforts*. As for me it's a diversion from
my main activities.
The fact that Git is written in C does not really contribute to that goal.
Suggestion to use C++ is the only alternative with existing C codebase.
So while C++ may not be the best choice "academically speaking" it's
pretty much the only practical choice.

"Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others
that have been tried." - Winston Churchill

Now, I realize that I'm a very infrequent contributor to Git, but I
want my opinion to be heard.
People who carry the main weight of developing and maintaining Git
should make the call.
-- 
- Dmitry