On errno

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <49D1492C.5050101 at freebsd.org>, Tim Kientzle writes:

>> The probelm with an integer is that you cannot give details
>> like:
>> 	"partition 3 overlaps bootcode"
>> without precreating the N^2 possible messages of that kind.
>
>The standard solution if you need variable parameters,
>of course, is to pass the parameters back:
>    int code: EPARTITIONOVERLAPSBOOTCODE
>    char *default_text: "partition %1d overlaps bootcode"
>    arg1: 3

And the "standard" solution is stupid and useless, because more
often than not, some language, typically french, will want the
arguments in the opposite order...

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