Re: Linux should define ENOTSUP

H. Peter Anvin
2006-12-06T16:45:55Z

Samuel Thibault wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin, le Wed 06 Dec 2006 07:35:49 -0800, a écrit :
>> Samuel Thibault wrote:
>>>> The two can't be done at the same time. In fact, the two probably can't
>>>> be done without a period of quite a few *years* between them.
>>> Not a reason for not doing it ;)
>> No, but breakage is. There has to be a major benefit to justify the
>> cost, and you, at least, have not provided such a justification.
>
> Well, as I said, existing code like
>
> switch(errno) {
> case ENOTSUP:
> foo();
> break;
> case EOPNOTSUP:
> bar();
> break;
> }
>

That's pretty weak, though.

-hpa