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List:       freedesktop-dbus
Subject:    Re: Fatal warnings in client code
From:       René_J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-03-06 21:52:32
Message-ID: 2716088.KKzLvWMLl8 () bola
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On Tuesday March 07 2023 09:54:32 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2023 21:35:13 +0100, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> 
> > always also return an error that allows the calling code to handle
> > the situation gracefully (and correct the bug).
> 
> By definition, if the client code is not using the library correctly,
> it's not in a position to "correct the bug". In this situation, it

My bad, "(and allows its developers to correct the bug)". Or at least avoid it.

As implied, I'm not getting into a debate, but let me just add that I wouldn't use an \
OS in which a central library calls abort every time one of its functions gets called \
with an invalid argument.

R.


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