Re: [PATCH]Can we accept JavaHL Revison.Number.Number(-1)?

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Kamesh Jayachandran <kamesh_at_collab.net> wrote:
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> David Glasser wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Kamesh Jayachandran <kamesh_at_collab.net> wrote:
> >> Hi All,
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> >> I am working on exposing 'svn_client__get_revision_number' in JavaHL.
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> >> I want a equivalent of youngest_rev(in/out param in
> >> svn_client__get_revision_number method).
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> >> Unfortunately our JavaHl does not allow revision numbers to be '-1'.
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> > I would think that your change would be confusing, since people
> > familiar with the Subversion API would expect "-1" to be
> > SVN_INVALID_REVNUM.
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> > Does the JavaHL API really not use an equivalent of SVN_INVALID_REVNUM anywhere?
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> > Could you just use null?
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> I can use null, but when I want to use an object as In/Out param it
> won't be useful. I need Revison.Number.Number(-1) to know that as an Out
> Param and Revison.Number.Number(ANY_VALID_NUMBER) as an In param.

Ugh, Revision.Number is a mutable type? That strikes me as a poor choice...

--dave

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David Glasser | glasser@davidglasser.net | http://www.davidglasser.net/
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