Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 18:51:06 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@apple.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A modest proposal for better errno values... Message-ID: <p05210614bae7240b759e@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <E371408A-8520-11D7-8900-000393BB9222@apple.com> References: <E371408A-8520-11D7-8900-000393BB9222@apple.com>
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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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