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Not at all. This is just about defaults. People can still choose arbitrary branch names. People can still set the default branch name, as I have: [init]

Not at all. This is just about defaults. People can still choose arbitrary branch names. People can still set the default branch name, as I have: [init] defaultBranch = master I just think "master" is an awesome word. Master record. Mastering. It just sounds cool to me and I'm gonna keep using it. I also think "main" is a stupid word that doesn't say much about anything. I even hate "main" functions.

unwind 1y ago
Tip: the next time you need to name a function, don't use "a stupid word that doesn't say much about anything". That's not how you're supposed to name stuff in programming. :)
- marginalia_nu 1y ago
  In that case, I think 'git' is probably the name we should have been looking to replace...
- matheusmoreira 1y ago
  It's hard when compilers force you to use "main". int main(int argc, char **argv); I once wrote a liblinux library for Linux software development with freestading C. One of the things I did was replace the "main" function with a "liblinux_start" function.
  - OCTAGRAM 1y ago
    Ada compiler does not force to use main
  - 1718627440 1y ago
    That's just the default. Nobody stops you from specifying `gcc -Wl,--entry,foo`.
    - matheusmoreira 1y ago
      Standard C stops you. The C standard library is hardcoded to call the main function. Providing one's own ELF entry point also breaks libc initialization unless the exact same startfiles are used. Freestanding C gets rid of the libc so that's not a problem.
      - 1718627440 1y ago
        Maybe you could also do some runtime linking trickery when dynamically linking libc?
        matheusmoreira 1y ago
        The libc could easily add support for such a thing but I doubt they'd care enough to. They'd probably see it as adding complexity for zero gain. I submitted an issue to the GCC bugzilla about renaming certain symbols generated by compiler. https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113694 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113694 I don't know how to implement it and nobody else cared enough to.

unwind 1y ago

Tip: the next time you need to name a function, don't use "a stupid word that doesn't say much about anything". That's not how you're supposed to name stuff in programming. :)

marginalia_nu 1y ago
In that case, I think 'git' is probably the name we should have been looking to replace...
matheusmoreira 1y ago
It's hard when compilers force you to use "main". int main(int argc, char **argv); I once wrote a liblinux library for Linux software development with freestading C. One of the things I did was replace the "main" function with a "liblinux_start" function.
- OCTAGRAM 1y ago
  Ada compiler does not force to use main
- 1718627440 1y ago
  That's just the default. Nobody stops you from specifying `gcc -Wl,--entry,foo`.
  - matheusmoreira 1y ago
    Standard C stops you. The C standard library is hardcoded to call the main function. Providing one's own ELF entry point also breaks libc initialization unless the exact same startfiles are used. Freestanding C gets rid of the libc so that's not a problem.
    - 1718627440 1y ago
      Maybe you could also do some runtime linking trickery when dynamically linking libc?
      - matheusmoreira 1y ago
        The libc could easily add support for such a thing but I doubt they'd care enough to. They'd probably see it as adding complexity for zero gain. I submitted an issue to the GCC bugzilla about renaming certain symbols generated by compiler. https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113694 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113694 I don't know how to implement it and nobody else cared enough to.