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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] util: Function to parse boolean term queries\r
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+Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> writes:\r
+\r
+> + char *out = talloc_strdup (ctx, pos + 1);\r
+> + int closed = 0;\r
+> + /* Find the closing quote and un-double doubled internal\r
+> + * quotes. */\r
+> + for (pos = *term_out = out; *pos; ) {\r
+\r
+Since you strdup anyway, wouldn't it be easier to understand if pos read\r
+from the input string and out wrote to term_out? Something like\r
+(untested) \r
+\r
+index db01b4b..e4157d0 100644\r
+--- a/util/string-util.c\r
++++ b/util/string-util.c\r
+@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ parse_boolean_term (void *ctx, const char *str,\r
+ \r
+ /* Implement de-quoting compatible with make_boolean_term. */\r
+ if (*pos == '"') {\r
+- char *out = talloc_strdup (ctx, pos + 1);\r
++ char *out;\r
+ int closed = 0;\r
++ *term_out= talloc_strdup (ctx, pos + 1);\r
+ /* Find the closing quote and un-double doubled internal\r
+ * quotes. */\r
+- for (pos = *term_out = out; *pos; ) {\r
++ for (out = *term_out; *pos; ) {\r
+ if (*pos == '"') {\r
+ ++pos;\r
+\r
+\r
+Perhaps the two talloc_strdups can even be unified, but I wouldn't worry\r
+too much about that.\r