Re: [PATCH 1/2] sha1_name: stop hard-coding 40-character hex checks

Ramkumar Ramachandra [off-list ref] writes:

Phil Hord wrote:

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I share your disdain for the bare '40's in the code.  But I think this
code is less clear than the previous version with the magic number.

Please read the cover-letter: 

Which was...

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[1/2] is important.  [2/2] is a minor prettification, that wouldn't
have been possible without [1/2].

...and I do not find how the above is connected with

I was just toying around to see if this
was a good idea,...

...this in any way.  Puzzled.