From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: System calls without error checks in w32 Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 23:30:21 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83ocfytxhg.fsf@gnu.org> <83mxvitsay.fsf@gnu.org> <83ljb2tn6i.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1275168654 19407 80.91.229.12 (29 May 2010 21:30:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 21:30:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 29 23:30:53 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OITcJ-0004Es-5U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 May 2010 23:30:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39853 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OITcI-0000Pw-HL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 May 2010 17:30:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35609 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OITcB-0000Nr-KX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 May 2010 17:30:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OITcA-0002KN-I9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 May 2010 17:30:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-gy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.160.169]:42125) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OITcA-0002KJ-Dn; Sat, 29 May 2010 17:30:42 -0400 Original-Received: by gyg4 with SMTP id 4so2406771gyg.0 for ; Sat, 29 May 2010 14:30:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=a/Y/U2cQDpWOc7fGeHV+TxJ++i2wLUCKlcBA/KVbVlQ=; b=l2aMqw4UDE/fBKA1mBF+ZLgpt5UvCDuZM7Cvo/Y6+utmdeJCgVsQA/9Fe71gbc8dH0 IWaSIufJfxi2FT1fRpofg9QEaNnOdjX3NAbxLy1N3yeyYWEWPoyqeNjhBcJZD3A3ZquL iUU5yDFuAkLHIwgMJpd5jzMMlRJumWsiFhH2M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=Q2F7t0S6QgwHN5WT1o/Q43A0Lv6jwhMmatBdeOih4YgzalbiK8Shm2BE2s2W/bgn2g h6AG/RUbwHtrbbKHMqkPUam0ArVuvqvkmQB8XxkHDyB6eMIpMkxTcCXCZfQ9KwJlyzMF gzZ0ovku0F/DjLOJUsJ0bLgpy2PqYSggquIsk= Original-Received: by 10.101.106.12 with SMTP id i12mr2436983anm.27.1275168641510; Sat, 29 May 2010 14:30:41 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.100.44.20 with HTTP; Sat, 29 May 2010 14:30:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83ljb2tn6i.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:125346 Archived-At: On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Lennart Borgman >> Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 22:02:24 +0200 >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org >> >> > If you can suggest what to do when any of these fails, please do. >> >> >> I have already made the suggestion below. > > How in the world outputting an error message would help here? You mean instead of fixing the error directly? It is just a first step of course. The error message might also be interesting in itself. It can for example tell about resources lack etc. The API descriptions does not always tell the whole story.