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+From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+To: David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] hex-escape: add function to decode escaped string\r
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+Thanks for the review, David. Agreed on all points.\r
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+J.\r
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+On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:56:24 -0300, David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca> wrote:\r
+> Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> writes:\r
+> \r
+> > Add function hex_decode_inplace() to decode the input string onto\r
+> > itself.\r
+> >\r
+> > Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+> >\r
+> > ---\r
+> >\r
+> > This could be folded to "hex-escape: (en|de)code strings to/from\r
+> > restricted character set".\r
+> \r
+> Probably. It's a bit hard to follow as is; somehow the code movement is\r
+> a bit noisy.\r
+> \r
+> > while (*p) {\r
+> > -\r
+> > if (*p == escape_char) {\r
+> > -\r
+> unrelated whitespace changes, naughty naughty.\r
+> \r
+> > +hex_status_t\r
+> > +hex_decode_inplace (char *p)\r
+> > +{\r
+> > + return hex_decode_internal (p, (unsigned char *) p);\r
+> this could probably use a comment to the effect that there _will_ be\r
+> enough space.\r
+> \r
+> > +\r
+> > + p = in;\r
+> > + q = (unsigned char *) *out;\r
+> \r
+> I understand trying to minimize changes, but do p and q serve any\r
+> purpose here?\r
+> \r
+> > +\r
+> > + return hex_decode_internal (p, q);\r
+> > +}\r
+> \r
+> \r
+> > +/*\r
+> > + * Decode 'in' onto itself.\r
+> > + */\r
+> \r
+> This is just a bit terse for my taste.\r
+> \r
+> d\r