Re: Linux should define ENOTSUP

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Samuel Thibault wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin, le Wed 06 Dec 2006 07:35:49 -0800, a écrit :
> > Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > > The two can't be done at the same time.  In fact, the two probably can't 
> > > > be done without a period of quite a few *years* between them.
> > > Not a reason for not doing it ;)
> > No, but breakage is.  There has to be a major benefit to justify the 
> > cost, and you, at least, have not provided such a justification.
>
> Well, as I said, existing code like
>
> switch(errno) {
> 	case ENOTSUP:
> 		foo();
> 		break;
> 	case EOPNOTSUP:
> 		bar();
> 		break;
> }

That's pretty weak, though.

	-hpa
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