Re: [PATCH] ls: add --sort=width (-W) option to sort by filename width

[Pádraig Brady]

On 15/04/2021 14:33, Carl Edquist wrote:
> PS if you are willing to cheat a bit and treat the f->width member as
> "mutable" (modifying it even when f is pointer to const), you could
> simplify things a bit if you just store the value from quote_name_width()
> in fileinfo_name_width().  Something like [1].

Yes that was my first iteration,
but it felt wrong to cast the const away in the presentation functions.
I think this way is more maintainable in future.

cheers,
Pádraig