Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 17:10:24 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@apple.com> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A modest proposal for better errno values... Message-ID: <75B77572-85A0-11D7-BE4E-000393C6E688@apple.com> In-Reply-To: <p05210614bae7240b759e@[128.113.24.47]>
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If it's just used for kernel errors, I was pretty happy with the EDONTPANIC suggestion someone made earlier. :) - Jordan On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 03:51 PM, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 1:57 AM -0700 5/13/03, Jordan Hubbard wrote: >> ... and "yeah, that's a pretty silly errno value and in rather >> colloquial english at that, let's pick a more descriptive name >> like ``EUSERERR'' or something which makes any code using it >> more clear." > > I think it is fine to change the name, but EUSERERR is certainly > not right. The bikeshed is then picking an appropriate name. > > EBADCOMMIT(ER) ESKIPDISASTER EAVERTWOE EAVOIDABYSS > > seem like some plausible names, given the description of the > history behind the name, and what error is used for. I'm sure > another hundred could be thought of after about 15 minutes with > a thesaurus. > > -- > Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu > Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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