From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Aug 17 11:30:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB8DC37B408 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:30:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 3E84981D0E; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:30:41 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:30:41 -0500 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Garance A Drosihn Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Style 9 nitpicking question Message-ID: <20010817133041.T38066@elvis.mu.org> References: <200108161551.f7GFpLK72129@grimreaper.grondar.za> <20010817162340.O34503-100000@besplex.bde.org> <20010817015906.Q38066@elvis.mu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from drosih@rpi.edu on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:34:53AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Garance A Drosihn [010817 10:34] wrote: > At 1:59 AM -0500 8/17/01, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >Actually it's quite useful, it means: > > > >"I the author of this code am fully aware that this function returns > >a value, however I know that it either will always have a certain > >outcome, or that the outcome doesn't matter because I'm attempting > >to salvage something, or that at this point a failure is of no > >concern." > > Or it means: > "I copied this code from some other section, and whoever wrote > that section put these stupid voids there." > > :-) Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Don't shoot a mime just because he can't do the vocals. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] Ok, who wrote this damn function called '??'? And why do my programs keep crashing in it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message