From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Patches to avoid reporting conversion changes. Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:34:42 -0700 Message-ID: <86eiidan59.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <874ojbqnry.fsf@jondo.cante.net> <86ljcnclvu.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <87eiid6fjc.fsf@jondo.cante.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Jari Aalto X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Apr 17 21:34:53 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O3Dmy-0004ig-CH for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:34:48 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753594Ab0DQTeo (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:34:44 -0400 Received: from red.stonehenge.com ([208.79.95.2]:24765 "EHLO red.stonehenge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753585Ab0DQTen (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:34:43 -0400 Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0079DD0F3; Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:34:42 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.5.1; tzolkin = 13 Imix; haab = 14 Pop In-Reply-To: <87eiid6fjc.fsf@jondo.cante.net> (Jari Aalto's message of "Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:32:39 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (berkeley-unix) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Jari" == Jari Aalto writes: >> Right, but without looking, is it $OS_ERROR or $OSERROR? Jari> I don't see any difference, because that variable is always within the Jari> close context of previous statements. The reader would consult the lines Jari> above. Yes, once it's already *in* the program. But I bet you had to *look them up* to add them. And if you weren't familiar with Perl, you'd still have to *look them up* to get the punctuation variables. You're just trading one problem for another. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion