On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 9:05 PM Eric Sunshine <sunsh...@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 10:38 PM Jacob Keller <jacob.kel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 4:39 PM brian m. carlson
> > <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
> > > static inline int oidcmp(const struct object_id *oid1, const struct
> > > object_id *oid2)
> > > {
> > > - return hashcmp(oid1->hash, oid2->hash);
> > > + return memcmp(oid1->hash, oid2->hash, the_hash_algo->rawsz);
> > > }
> >
> > Just curious, what's the reasoning for not using the hashcmp anymore?
>
> hashcmp() is specific to SHA-1 (for instance, it hardocdes
> GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ). oidcmp() is meant as the hash-agnostic replacement
> for hashcmp(), so it doesn't make sense to continue implementing
> oidcmp() in terms of hashcmp() (the latter of which will eventually be
> retired, presumably).
Fair. I just saw that hashcmp was also updated to use the_hash_algo,
but if we're going to drop it eventually, then there's zero reason to
keep implementing oidcmp in terms of it, so... makes sense to me!
Thanks,
Jake
