On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 03:36:45PM +0200, Lars Schneider wrote:

> > So now we have packet_write() and packet_write_gently(), but they differ
> > in more than just whether they are gentle. That seems like a weird
> > interface.
> > 
> > Should we either be picking a new name (e.g., packet_write_mem() or
> > something), or migrating packet_write() to packet_write_fmt()?
> 
> Done in "[PATCH v5 08/15] pkt-line: rename packet_write() to 
> packet_write_fmt()"

Ah, OK. Generally I'd suggest to reorder things so that each patch looks
like a step forward (and so the early patches become preparatory steps,
and the justification in them is something like "we're going to add more
write functions, so let's give this a more descriptive name").

> I agree. In a later patch I am using PKTLINE_DATA_MAXLEN inside pkt-line.c,
> too. I will change it to your suggestion.
> 
> For now I would remove PKTLINE_DATA_MAXLEN because it should be an 
> implementation
> detail of pkt-line.c (plus it is not used by anyone).

Sounds reasonable.

-Peff
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