On 9/6/07, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> I think it would be worthwhile (long term) to convert the other way, > >> e.g., ped_free -> free, ped_malloc -> malloc, etc. > > > > But wouldn't the exception handling be a good thing in this case? > > ?!? This sort of "exception handling" is never a good thing. > Its use makes for ugly, unmaintainable code. > > One problem is that what libparted calls "exception handling" > is an ugly kludge that can make the library code produce output > and/or try to read an interactive reply from the user > (things libraries must not do, in general). In addition, > how the handler behaves depends on static state, > which is another big no-no for a library.
Do we have a state machine which could help decide what to do when an "exception" occurs? Regards, Frodo B _______________________________________________ parted-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/parted-devel
