Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [v3] Coccinelle: suggest replacing strncpy+truncation by strscpy | From | SF Markus Elfring <> | Date | Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:40:30 +0200 |
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> I didn't move all virtuals in a single line because none of the other > kernel patch do it,
It can be occasionally useful to preserve another bit of coding tradition. I dared to propose the reconsideration of such an implementation detail.
> and still do not see any advantage of moving the string to not use a variable > so kept that as well.
I am curious if other software developers (besides me) would like to achieve more source code reduction according to the principle “Don't repeat yourself”.
> This should hopefully be the last version :)
* Do any related development concerns need further safety checks for this evolving source code transformation pattern?
* Julia Lawall has presented additional development ideas today. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/alpine.DEB.2.20.1807200759230.2349@hadrien/ https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/20/71
Regards, Markus
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