Re: [PATCH] alloc_ref(): allow for trailing NUL

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Daniel Barkalow wrote:

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On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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Further, I am quite sure that the same mistake will happen again, until we 
change the function to get the name length, not the number of bytes to 
allocate.

I agree. But leaving the majority of cases using the old convention is 
just confusing.

Yeah, sorry, that patch was only half-cooked.

If people agree with me, I'll redo the patch (fixing all calling sites, 
too).

I think that is probably a better solution.