A modest proposal for better errno values...

Robert Klein RoKlein at roklein.de
Tue May 13 03:49:00 PDT 2003


On Tuesday 13 May 2003 12:05, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> This error is currently used exactly one place in our kernel, where
> it indicates that somebody with a FreeBSD commit bit or similar
> level of clue has goofed up some code in such a way as to seriously
> put users disk content at risk.

mm, if the programmer "goofed up", why not name it
EGOOFUP ?  sounds kinda more descriptive than "DOOFUS"...

(jumping into shelter...)

Robert


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