Bruno Haible wrote:
* Regarding abort() vs. "return -1" - hi Sam! -, they say:
"But while reporting failure through return values is possible, we advise
against it, as it might leave the identity in an inconsistent state. Thus,
when an identity change fails in the middle, programmers should either
abort, or really know what they’re doing."
You ain't listening.
I am not saying that abort() is wrong.
I am saying that it must be accompanied by a meaningful message.
E.g, "Gnulib.drop_privileges_permanently: failed to drop privileges".
Or just "Error A23Z51DT97".
Then the user can google for the message and see what has happened, instead of
filing a bug, identical (in essence) to 100s of already filed bugs - one for
each package which uses this gnulib feature.
Sam
