Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] string-list: enable sign compare warnings check

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On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 11:57:23PM +0800, shejialuo wrote:
> The only sign compare warning in "string-list" is that we compare the
> `index` of the `int` type with the `list->nr` of unsigned type. We get
> index by calling "get_entry_index", which would always return unsigned
> index.
> 
> Let's change the return type of "get_entry_index" to be "size_t" by
> slightly modifying the binary search algorithm. Instead of letting
> "left" to be "-1" initially, assign 0 to it.

It would help the reader to explain why this change is equivalent to how
it worked before.

Patrick




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