Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] ref-filter: move ref_sorting flags to a bitfield

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  [off-list ref] writes:

Perhaps there's a more idiomatic way of doing the "for each in list
amend mask" pattern than this "mask/on" variable combo. This function
doesn't allow us to e.g. do any arbitrary changes to the bitfield for
multiple flags, but I think in this case that's fine. The common case
is that we're calling this with a list of one.

An obvious alternative would be to pass two masks, one for setting
and the other for clearing, instead of passing a mask and a bool
that says if the mask is for setting or clearing.

The helper that follows such a design would be:

	void ref_sorting_tweak_flags(struct ref_sorting *sorting,
				     unsigned set, unsigned clear)
	{
		while (sorting) {
			sorting->sort_flags |= set;
			sorting->sort_flags &= ~clear;
			sorting = sorting->next;
		}
	}

and the caller in the endgame would become

	...
	} else if (list) {
		unsigned set = REF_SORTING_DETACHED_HEAD_FIRST;
		unsigned clear = 0;

                *(icase ? &set : &clear) |= REF_SORTING_ICASE;
		ref_sorting_tweak_flags(sorting, set, clear);

which may be more lines but probably copes better when adding new
bits.

Thanks.