Re: the future of ii (was: [hackers] [PATCH] [ii] get rid of EXIT_bla crap)

2016-12-27 Thread Laslo Hunhold
On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:52:27 +0100 Nico Golde wrote: Hey Nico, > Hiltjo Posthuma was kind enough to offer taking over the maintenance > for this project. Thanks for that, I really appreciate this! So I'm > leaving this change to his discretion. so how does the future of ii look like? @Hiltjo:

Re: [hackers] [PATCH] [ii] get rid of EXIT_bla crap

2016-10-14 Thread Cág
Oops, wrong recipient. Nico Golde wrote: Im sorry but this is utter non-sense ;) also not generalizable like this. Sorry, I didn't know what I was talking about (: But, in this case I think it's better without it. Cág

Re: [hackers] [PATCH] [ii] get rid of EXIT_bla crap

2016-10-14 Thread Cág
Nico Golde wrote: Why do you think this is "crap"? Looks like splitting beans to me. Without going deep I'd say "#define" is usually a bad idea from what I've seen though I don't have a lot of programming experience as people here.

the future of ii (was: [hackers] [PATCH] [ii] get rid of EXIT_bla crap)

2016-10-14 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Markus Teich [2016-10-14 12:45]: > Laslo Hunhold wrote: > > Oh, and before you inform me. I know that OpenVMS has the roles > > inverted (exit(1) means success). However, there are two aspects we > > should keep in mind: > > > > 1) OpenVMS is not the most popular OS any more. > > 2)

Re: [hackers] [PATCH] [ii] get rid of EXIT_bla crap

2016-10-14 Thread Markus Teich
Laslo Hunhold wrote: > Oh, and before you inform me. I know that OpenVMS has the roles > inverted (exit(1) means success). However, there are two aspects we > should keep in mind: > > 1) OpenVMS is not the most popular OS any more. > 2) Using EXIT_* we cannot write reliable manuals, as

Re: [hackers] [PATCH] [ii] get rid of EXIT_bla crap

2016-10-14 Thread Laslo Hunhold
On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:45:27 +0200 Laslo Hunhold wrote: > I totally agree with you there. It just obfuscates the code, even > suggesting EXIT_TIMEOUT was part of Posix, which it is not. I think it > should be common knowledge by now that a zero exit status indicates > success and a non-zero exit-

Re: [hackers] [PATCH] [ii] get rid of EXIT_bla crap

2016-10-14 Thread Laslo Hunhold
On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 01:42:16 +0200 Markus Teich wrote: Hey Markus, > this was done to most other suckless projects as well and I just > noticed it when reading the EXIT_TIMEOUT patch, so here you go. I totally agree with you there. It just obfuscates the code, even suggesting EXIT_TIMEOUT was p

Re: [hackers] [PATCH] [ii] get rid of EXIT_bla crap

2016-10-14 Thread Nico Golde
Why do you think this is "crap"? Looks like splitting beans to me. Cheers, Nico > Am 14.10.2016 um 00:42 schrieb Markus Teich : > > --- > > > Heyho, > > this was done to most other suckless projects as well and I just noticed it > when > reading the EXIT_TIMEOUT patch, so here you go. > >

[hackers] [PATCH] [ii] get rid of EXIT_bla crap

2016-10-13 Thread Markus Teich
--- Heyho, this was done to most other suckless projects as well and I just noticed it when reading the EXIT_TIMEOUT patch, so here you go. --Markus ii.c | 30 ++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/ii.c b/ii.c index 5d57458..857388e 10