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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/5] perf: Reorder parameters of strglobmatch
Em Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:21:11AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> (2013/05/16 23:55), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > I'm a bit confused to the rational here. Can you explain in more detail
> > to why this patch is actually needed?

> Yes, actually, this patch is not needed from the viewpoint of execution,
> but less misuse for future use of the strglobmatch, I think.

> For example, glob(3) has the pattern parameter as the first one,
>
> int glob(const char *pattern, int flags,
> int (*errfunc) (const char *epath, int eerrno),
> glob_t *pglob);

> regexec(3) also has the compiled regexp at the first parameter,

> int regexec(const regex_t *preg, const char *string, size_t nmatch,
> regmatch_t pmatch[], int eflags);

> Thus, I think a new user of strglobmatch() may guess that the first
> parameter should be the glob pattern.

> So, this patch is not technically needed, but from the viewpoint of coding
> naturally, it should be changed, IMHO.

So I suggest you state this in the changeset comment :-)

- Arnaldo


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