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Re: svn commit: r1484260 - /subversion/branches/invoke-diff-cmd-feature/subversion/libsvn_client/diff.c

From: Gabriela Gibson <gabriela.gibson_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:29:30 +0100

On 19/05/13 17:48, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:15:55AM -0000, gbg_at_apache.org wrote:
>> Author: gbg
>> Date: Sun May 19 10:15:55 2013
>> New Revision: 1484260
>>
>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1484260
>> Log:
>> Seperate variable declaration from assigment.
>>
>> * subversion/libsvn_client/diff.c
>> (set_up_diff_cmd_and_options): Seperate variable declaration from assigment.
>>
>> Modified:
>> subversion/branches/invoke-diff-cmd-feature/subversion/libsvn_client/diff.c
>>
>> Modified: subversion/branches/invoke-diff-cmd-feature/subversion/libsvn_client/diff.c
>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/branches/invoke-diff-cmd-feature/subversion/libsvn_client/diff.c?rev=1484260&r1=1484259&r2=1484260&view=diff
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- subversion/branches/invoke-diff-cmd-feature/subversion/libsvn_client/diff.c (original)
>> +++ subversion/branches/invoke-diff-cmd-feature/subversion/libsvn_client/diff.c Sun May 19 10:15:55 2013
>> @@ -2465,7 +2465,9 @@ set_up_diff_cmd_and_options(struct diff_
>> /* old style diff_cmd has precedence in config file */
>> if (config)
>> {
>> - svn_config_t *cfg = svn_hash_gets(config, SVN_CONFIG_CATEGORY_CONFIG);
>> + svn_config_t *cfg;
>> +
>> + cfg = svn_hash_gets(config, SVN_CONFIG_CATEGORY_CONFIG);
>
> Why? This doesn't seem to serve any useful purpose (in fact, I think it makes
> the code harder to read).
>

Because (if I understood this correctly!) the compiler builds more
efficient code and the startup time of the application is improved.

"To summarize, it is always preferable to add variables
as uninitialized or initialized with zero as opposed to as
initialized with a value other than zero."

See Page 16 here:
http://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/m/a/1/e/dsohowto.pdf
Received on 2013-05-20 18:33:58 CEST

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