On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 06:50:09PM +0100, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
> Use the helper macro MOVE_ARRAY to move arrays. This is shorter and
> safer, as it automatically infers the size of elements.
>
> Patch generated by Coccinelle and contrib/coccinelle/array.cocci in
> Travis CI's static analysis build job.
Seems pretty straightforward. One thing I did notice...
> diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c
> index e03e72c34a..18946aa458 100644
> --- a/cache-tree.c
> +++ b/cache-tree.c
> @@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ static struct cache_tree_sub *find_subtree(struct
> cache_tree *it,
> down->namelen = pathlen;
>
> if (pos < it->subtree_nr)
> - memmove(it->down + pos + 1,
> - it->down + pos,
> - sizeof(down) * (it->subtree_nr - pos - 1));
> + MOVE_ARRAY(it->down + pos + 1, it->down + pos,
> + it->subtree_nr - pos - 1);
Most of these are "shift part of the array". I wonder if it would make
sense to encapsulate that pattern in a helper, like:
#define SHIFT_ARRAY(a, nr, pos, slots) \
MOVE_ARRAY(a + pos + slots, a + pos, nr - pos - slots)
...
SHIFT_ARRAY(it->down, it->subtree_nr, pos, 1);
I'm not sure if that's more readable because it describes a higher-level
operation, or if it's less because it adds yet another non-standard
helper for the reader to learn.
-Peff
