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Re: Combine and rename WC APIs that check WC root and switched

From: Julian Foad <julianfoad_at_btopenworld.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 22:11:17 +0000 (GMT)

I (Julian Foad) wrote:

> These six APIs all overlap in functionality:
>
> 1) svn_wc_check_root(*is_wcroot,*is_switched,*kind,...)
>     2 uses in 2 files
>
> 2) svn_wc__check_wc_root(*wc_root,*kind,*switched,...)
>     5 uses in 4 files
>
> 3) svn_wc__db_is_switched(*is_wcroot,*is_switched,*kind,...)
>     5 uses in 4 files
>
> 4) svn_wc_is_wc_root2(*wc_root,...)
>     1 use in 1 file (deprecated.c)
>
> 5) svn_wc__strictly_is_wc_root(*wc_root,...)
>     5 uses in 5 files
>
> 6) svn_wc__db_is_wcroot(*is_root,...)
>     15 uses in 6 files
>
>
> The first three are functionally identical AFAICT.  The duplication adds noise
> to the WC internal API as a whole.  The first to go is svn_wc__check_wc_root()
> ... gone, r1417181+r1417184.
>
>
> Now, (1) is a simple wrapper around (3) and (5) is a simple wrapper around (6). 
> Such pairs should have matching names.  (1) is public so can't change, so
> I'll rename (3) to match it:

Actually (1) is new for v1.8 so we *can* change it if we want.

>
> (3) -> 'svn_wc__db_check_root'
>
> and (5) is named 'strictly' to distinguish it from (4), so I'll
> leave it alone and rename (6) to match it:
>
> (6) -> 'svn_wc__db_strictly_is_wc_root'.
>
> That should help reduce the obfuscation a tiny bit.

- Julian
Received on 2012-12-04 23:11:53 CET

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