Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 23:28:58 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Merging Net/Free/Open-BSD together against Linux Message-ID: <365F982A.D878EE79@softweyr.com> References: <199811272232.PAA20989@usr02.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> I'd agree if you wanted to say "Bad standards, like ISA, stifle
> innovation", though...
>
> Not that I would mind rewriting all of libc to get rid off all static
> or per thread allocated buffers, and to make all functions return only
> status codes, forcing data returns to be implemented by passing a
> return area by reference, mind you. I would *love* to see:
>
> int
> ftell( FILE *stream, off_t*result)
>
> typedef u_int64_t off_t;
>
> (one example whre return values are overloaded to return error
> information, to the detriment of the long term utility of the
> interfaces).
I, on the other hand, would prefer to see:
File::Offset
File::tell() // throws Error::Range, Error::...
and place the reporting of "exceptional conditions" into a separate
error communications channel. Let us not perpetuate yet another
bad standard. YMMV. ;^)
--
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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