hex_to_bytes(): simpler replacement for `get_oid_hex_segment()`

Now that `get_oid_hex_segment()` does less, it makes sense to rename
it and simplify its semantics:

* Instead of a `hex_len` parameter, which was the number of hex
  characters (and had to be even), use a `len` parameter, which is the
  number of resulting bytes. This removes then need for the check that
  `hex_len` is even and to divide it by two to determine the number of
  bytes. For good hygiene, declare the `len` parameter to be `size_t`
  instead of `unsigned int`.

* Change the order of the arguments to the more traditional (dst,
  src, len).

* Rename the function to `hex_to_bytes()`.

* Remove a loop variable: just count `len` down instead.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

notes.c

@@ -335,25 +335,18 @@ static void note_tree_free(struct int_node *tree)
 }
 
 /*
- * Convert a partial SHA1 hex string to the corresponding partial SHA1 value.
+ * Read `len` pairs of hexadecimal digits from `hex` and write the
- * - hex      - Partial SHA1 segment in ASCII hex format
+ * values to `binary` as `len` bytes. Return 0 on success, or -1 if
- * - hex_len  - Length of above segment. Must be multiple of 2 between 0 and 40
+ * the input does not consist of hex digits).
- * - oid      - Partial SHA1 value is written here
- * Return 0 on success or -1 on error (invalid arguments or input not
- * in hex format).
  */
-static int get_oid_hex_segment(const char *hex, unsigned int hex_len,
+static int hex_to_bytes(unsigned char *binary, const char *hex, size_t len)
-		unsigned char *oid)
 {
-	unsigned int i, len = hex_len >> 1;
+	for (; len; len--, hex += 2) {
-	if (hex_len % 2 != 0)
-		return -1;
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 		unsigned int val = (hexval(hex[0]) << 4) | hexval(hex[1]);
+
 		if (val & ~0xff)
 			return -1;
-		*oid++ = val;
+		*binary++ = val;
-		hex += 2;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -438,8 +431,8 @@ static void load_subtree(struct notes_tree *t, struct leaf_node *subtree,
 				/* notes must be blobs */
 				goto handle_non_note;
 
-			if (get_oid_hex_segment(entry.path, path_len,
+			if (hex_to_bytes(object_oid.hash + prefix_len, entry.path,
-						object_oid.hash + prefix_len))
+					 GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ - prefix_len))
 				goto handle_non_note; /* entry.path is not a SHA1 */
 
 			type = PTR_TYPE_NOTE;
@@ -451,8 +444,7 @@ static void load_subtree(struct notes_tree *t, struct leaf_node *subtree,
 				/* internal nodes must be trees */
 				goto handle_non_note;
 
-			if (get_oid_hex_segment(entry.path, 2,
+			if (hex_to_bytes(object_oid.hash + len++, entry.path, 1))
-						object_oid.hash + len++))
 				goto handle_non_note; /* entry.path is not a SHA1 */
 
 			/*