> -----Original Message-----
> From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 8:41 AM
> To: 'Greg Stein'
> Subject: RE: cvs commit: apr-util/dbm/sdbm sdbm.c
>
>
> > From: Greg Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 4:43 AM
> >
> > I'd like to see apr_stat's semantics returned to before. If
> > the apr_stat() succeeded, then the requested data was made
> available.
> >
> > Adding a flag to tell APR "hey, I'm cool with partial data"
> is the right way
> > for an app let APR know that it can compensate for missing data.
>
> This is a contradiction.
>
> The _existing_ stat implementation, across platforms, lies to
> the user.
>
> If you want to employ the principal of least astonishment, continue to
> pretend that every stat call is successful, even if a
> platform does not
> support a specific field.
>
> That's what stat and apr_stat both did Thursday.
>
