Re: [PATCH 1/4] stringbuf: A string buffer implementation

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>
> This is a generic string buffer which can also be used for non-printk
> purposes.  There is no sb_scanf implementation yet as I haven't identified
> a user for it.

Hmm. Have you looked at the git "strbuf" code? 

And stuff like "sb_string()" are just evil. The string is there. Just call 
it something better than "s", and let people just use "sb->buf" or 
something. Why make the interface harder to use than necessary?

			Linus
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