Re: [PATCH 36/38] vfs: Add a sample program for the new mount API [ver #10]

Matthew Wilcox
2018-07-30T18:08:54Z

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 04:31:04PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Well, I guess errors should have numbers, and catalog explaining what
> error means what. That way userspace can translate, and it is what we
> do with errno.
>
> I believe numbers are best. If you hate numbers, you can still use
> strings, as long as you can enumerate them in docs (but it will be
> strange design).

Have you looked at how gettext() works? It uses the english text as
a search string and replaces it with the localised string. This is
a very common design!