> On Wednesday November 23, [email protected] wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 04:31:14AM -0800, Lever, Charles wrote:
> > > so i don't remember why you are removing
> xdr_decode_string. are we sure
> > > that no-one will need this functionality in the future?
> it is harmless
> > > to remove today, but i wonder if someone is just going to
> add it back
> > > sometime.
> >
> > It's unused and you said:
> > the only harmless change i see below is removing
> xdr_decode_string().
> >
>
> As 'xdr_decode_string' (sometimes) modifies the buffer that it is
> decoding, I don't think it's usage should be encouraged. If it is no
> longer in use, then I fully support and encourage removing it.
actually this is a good point. since it is unused, it is an untested
path as we continue to evolve the code base.
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