Re: [PATCH] PR cli/21688: Fix multi-line/inline command differentiation

[Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>]

On Friday, June 30 2017, Simon Marchi wrote:

> On 2017-06-30 00:21, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
>> On Thursday, June 29 2017, Simon Marchi wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-06-29 21:48, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, June 29 2017, Simon Marchi wrote:
>>>>> Another (maybe simpler) way would be to check
>>>>>
>>>>>   else if (command_name_equals (cmd, "python") && *cmd_name == '\0')
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not clear when expressed like this though because cmd_name
>>>>> is not
>>>>> well named at this point (it points just after the command name).
>>>>
>>>> Hm, right.  Would you prefer this way instead?  I don't have a strong
>>>> opinion on this.
>>>
>>> My opinion is the solution with the least code is probably best, if
>>> they are equivalent otherwise, but I don't really mind.  It's just a
>>> suggestion.
>>
>> Right.  I did some more tests here, and unfortunately your solution
>> doesn't work for all cases.  For example, if the user puts trailing
>> whitespace on the command name (like "python "), *cmd_name will
>> point to
>> a whitespace after the call to lookup_cmd_1.
>
> Ah, I got confused because there's some code that strips trailing
> whitespaces, but it only set p_end, it doesn't modify the string.

Yeah.  Another option would be to advance cmd_name until there is no
more whitespace-like char.  Anyway...

>> So here's second version of the patch, with the fixes you requested
>> except the one above.  WDYT?
>
> That LGTM.

Thanks, pushed.

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