From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 06:00:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB4737B41F for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 06:00:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust38.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9E2243F3F for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 06:00:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.12) id 19FZOh-000DvT-00; Tue, 13 May 2003 14:00:47 +0100 Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:00:47 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: northern snowfall Message-ID: <20030513130047.GA53380@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , northern snowfall , hackers@freebsd.org References: <5.0.2.1.1.20030513123207.02e95660@popserver.sfu.ca> <3EC0E85A.7010409@ameritech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EC0E85A.7010409@ameritech.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A modest proposal for better errno values... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:00:53 -0000 Picking one of these mails at random: On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 07:43:06AM -0500, northern snowfall wrote: > > EASSERT /* An assertion has failed */ > > Why not: EEEEEEEEEEK Why not stop suggesting other silly names on hackers, and take that bit to chat, so that this thread doesn't get noisier than it's likely to already? Ceri --