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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] doc: document error handling functions and
 conventions (Re: [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a
 strbuf)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 15:41:47 -0800
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

>> Here's a draft for documentation on that.
>
> Thanks; looks reasonable; even if the discussion between you and
> Peff took us to a slightly different direction than what you
> described here, the earlier description of long established practice
> is a welcome addition.

I think I see what I misunderstood.  Do you mean "even if we settle on
a different API, this documentation of what you started with should be
easy to adapt and will make life easier"?

In other words, did you mean to say that things are still up in the
air (which I agree with) or that the project has already settled on a
different direction (which I do not)?

Sorry for the confusion,
Jonathan