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Description

Refactor five files in lib/datetime to bring all functions within the
cognitive complexity limit of 25 (previously flagged by static analysis).

File Function(s) Original complexity → 25
change.c datetime_change_from_* 68 → 25; nesting reduced ×2
diff.c datetime_diff 41 → 25
format.c datetime_format 98 → 25
incr1.c datetime_increment_* 101 → 25, 47 → 25; nesting reduced ×2
scan.c datetime_scan 56 → 25, 35 → 25

Refactoring techniques used: early returns to reduce nesting, extraction
of repeated conditional blocks, and elimination of redundant else-after-return
patterns.

Motivation and context

High cognitive complexity makes functions hard to read, test, and maintain.
These functions in lib/datetime had among the highest complexity scores in
the GRASS codebase. All changes are behaviour-preserving refactors — no
logic has been altered.

How has this been tested?

lib/datetime has no dedicated C unit test suite. These are structural
refactors with no logic changes; correctness depends on careful review.
Reviewers are encouraged to diff the original and refactored versions
function by function.

Note: adding tests to lib/datetime would be a valuable follow-up.

Types of changes

This is a refactoring/maintainability change only.

Checklist

  • PR title provides summary of the changes and starts with one of the pre-defined prefixes
  • My code follows the code style of this project
  • My change requires a change to the documentation
  • I have added tests to cover my changes

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echoix commented Jun 23, 2026

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Could you at least compile locally first? It doesn’t compile on any platform and configuration yet

@echoix echoix marked this pull request as draft June 23, 2026 17:28
Comment thread lib/datetime/change.c

static void make_incr(DateTime *, int, int, DateTime *);

/* Handles the "round == 0" branch for (to < dt->to): increment using all lost values */

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/* Handles the "round == 0" branch for (to < dt->to): increment using all lost values */
/* Handles the "round == 0" branch for (to < dt->to): increment using all lost
* values */

Comment thread lib/datetime/change.c
break;
}
}
/* Returns 1 if any “lost” component between dt->to down to (to+1) is non-default */

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/* Returns 1 if any “lost” component between dt->to down to (to+1) is non-default */
/* Returns 1 if anylostcomponent between dt->to down to (to+1) is
* non-default */

Comment thread lib/datetime/change.c
Comment on lines +161 to +186
static void round_lost_precision(DateTime *dt, int to, int round)
{
DateTime incr;
int pos, carry, ndays;

if (to >= dt->to)
return;

if (round > 0) {
int x = datetime_is_absolute(dt) ? 1 : 0;

carry = has_lost_non_default(dt, to, x);
}

if (carry) {
make_incr(&incr, to, to, dt);
incr.year = 1; incr.month = 1; incr.day = 1;
incr.hour = 1; incr.minute = 1; incr.second = 1.0;
datetime_increment(dt, &incr);
}
}

if (round == 0) {
apply_round0_lost(dt, to, &incr);
}
}

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static void round_lost_precision(DateTime *dt, int to, int round)
{
DateTime incr;
int pos, carry, ndays;
if (to >= dt->to)
return;
if (round > 0) {
int x = datetime_is_absolute(dt) ? 1 : 0;
carry = has_lost_non_default(dt, to, x);
}
if (carry) {
make_incr(&incr, to, to, dt);
incr.year = 1; incr.month = 1; incr.day = 1;
incr.hour = 1; incr.minute = 1; incr.second = 1.0;
datetime_increment(dt, &incr);
}
}
if (round == 0) {
apply_round0_lost(dt, to, &incr);
}
}
static void round_lost_precision(DateTime * dt, int to, int round)
{
DateTime incr;
int pos, carry, ndays;

Comment thread lib/datetime/change.c
}
}


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if (to >= dt->to)
return;

Comment thread lib/datetime/change.c
}


round_lost_precision(dt, to, round);

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round_lost_precision(dt, to, round);
if (round > 0) {
int x = datetime_is_absolute(dt) ? 1 : 0;

Comment thread lib/datetime/scan.c
Comment on lines +27 to +29
static int apply_relative_fields(DateTime *dt, int from, int to,
int year, int month, int day,
int hour, int minute, double second);

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static int apply_relative_fields(DateTime *dt, int from, int to,
int year, int month, int day,
int hour, int minute, double second);
static int apply_relative_fields(DateTime *dt, int from, int to, int year,
int month, int day, int hour, int minute,
double second);

Comment thread lib/datetime/scan.c
Comment on lines +91 to +92
if (datetime_set_type(dt, DATETIME_ABSOLUTE,
DATETIME_YEAR, a.to, a.fracsec))

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if (datetime_set_type(dt, DATETIME_ABSOLUTE,
DATETIME_YEAR, a.to, a.fracsec))
if (datetime_set_type(dt, DATETIME_ABSOLUTE, DATETIME_YEAR, a.to,
a.fracsec))

Comment thread lib/datetime/scan.c
return 0;
if (datetime_set_type(dt, DATETIME_RELATIVE, from, to, fracsec))
return 0;
if (!apply_relative_fields(dt, from, to, year, month, day, hour, minute, second))

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if (!apply_relative_fields(dt, from, to, year, month, day, hour, minute, second))
if (!apply_relative_fields(dt, from, to, year, month, day, hour, minute,
second))

Comment thread lib/datetime/scan.c
Comment on lines +167 to +169
static int apply_relative_fields(DateTime *dt, int from, int to,
int year, int month, int day,
int hour, int minute, double second)

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static int apply_relative_fields(DateTime *dt, int from, int to,
int year, int month, int day,
int hour, int minute, double second)
static int apply_relative_fields(DateTime *dt, int from, int to, int year,
int month, int day, int hour, int minute,
double second)

Comment thread lib/datetime/scan.c
Comment on lines +204 to +205


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grass/lib/datetime/change.c

Lines 191 to 211 in 6cd5d8b

/* set the new elements to zero */
for (pos = from; pos < dtfrom; pos++)
switch (pos) {
case DATETIME_YEAR:
dt->year = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_MONTH:
dt->month = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_DAY:
dt->day = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_HOUR:
dt->hour = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_MINUTE:
dt->minute = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_SECOND:
dt->second = 0;
break;

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Lines 214 to 233 in 6cd5d8b

for (pos = to; pos > dt->to; pos--)
switch (pos) {
case DATETIME_YEAR:
dt->year = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_MONTH:
dt->month = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_DAY:
dt->day = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_HOUR:
dt->hour = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_MINUTE:
dt->minute = 0;
break;
case DATETIME_SECOND:
dt->second = 0;
break;

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Lines 236 to 238 in 6cd5d8b

/* make sure that fracsec is zero if original didn't have seconds */
if (dt->to < DATETIME_SECOND)
dt->fracsec = 0;

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Lines 240 to 241 in 6cd5d8b

/* now set the to */
dt->to = to;

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return 0;

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