On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Greg Stein wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 05:39:52PM -0400, Jim Jagielski wrote:
> > Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 11:00, Sascha Schumann wrote:
> > > >     int *func_call();
> > > >     #define errno *func_call()
> > > >=20
> > > >     I don't see the problem with "return errno;" though.
> > > 
> > > The problem is not
> > > 
> > >   return errno;
> > > 
> > > it is
> > > 
> > >   return errno ? errno : EINVAL;
> > > 
> > 
> > Are you suggesting something will change the value of 'errno' during
> > this code, such that the errno being tested isn't the value being
> > returned??
> 
> I don't think Ulrich is concerned with *correctness*. His comments are about
> resulting code size and performance. I think Ulrich hasn't been clear in
> that regard, but you (Jim) are also (seemingly) tending to be a bit
> obstinate in wanting to do it your way :-)

Yeah, I definately didn't understand Ulrich's concerns until he
specifically stated what he was trying to solve.

Ryan
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