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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: The Problem with UNIX
- Message-ID: <id.HU3V.Y_F@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <1992Nov12.204710.5808@reed.edu> <1992Nov14.145943.1288@global.hacktic.nl> <1992Nov16.234721.3224@nic.csu.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:30:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.234721.3224@nic.csu.net> oleg@gd. (Oleg Kibirev) writes:
- > Seriously, I would really appreciate a call like eprintf that accepts the same
- > arguments as printf but also has staff like %n for program name, %m for message,
- > %p for callers PID etc. This would encourage people to use more meaninfull diagnostics.
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- I'd rather have the opposite:
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- error(severity, object, annotation);
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- If annotation==NULL, use errno or other implementation-defined method.
-
- The last thing we need is more program-specific error formats.
- --
- Peter da Silva / 77487-5012 USA / +1 713 274 5180
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