From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 19:22:39 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 5AACE37B401 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 19:22:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-relay.omnis.com (smtp-relay.omnis.com [216.239.128.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C661543F93 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 19:22:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from salty.rapid.stbernard.com (corp-2.ipinc.com [199.245.188.2]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C72951C5E4; Tue, 13 May 2003 19:22:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr.com To: Jordan Hubbard , hackers@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 19:22:33 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305131922.33556.wes@softweyr.com> 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: Wed, 14 May 2003 02:22:39 -0000 On Tuesday 13 May 2003 01:57, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > jkh@freebsd-> grep DOOFUS /usr/include/sys/errno.h > #define EDOOFUS 88 /* Programming error */ I think your tie is knotted a bit too snugly, it's cutting off the flow of blood into your brain. If Apple wants to import FreeBSD code (it has been a very one-way street, hasn't it?) and wants to avoid having an EDOOFUS in their system, Apple can certainly devote a few minutes of programmer time to writing an import filter that automagically converts EDOOFUS to the Apple approved errno that does not marginalize stupid programmers. (It does make one wonder why Apple would be so touchy about this particular problem, doesn't it?) I want to suggest EWORM but that obviously won't do in the corporate humorless environment. It really is too bad that Apple has never quite recovered from Tim's warped sense of humor, in re: Butthead Astronomer. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com