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[Bug tapsets/15044] New: eradicate cutesy errorish return texts
- From: "fche at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: systemtap at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:45:47 +0000
- Subject: [Bug tapsets/15044] New: eradicate cutesy errorish return texts
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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15044
Bug #: 15044
Summary: eradicate cutesy errorish return texts
Product: systemtap
Version: unspecified
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: tapsets
AssignedTo: systemtap@sourceware.org
ReportedBy: fche@redhat.com
Classification: Unclassified
Several tapset functions that return strings signal abnormal inputs or
conditions by returning values like "BAD VALUE", "<unknown>", "", "NULL",
"N/A", "UNKNOWN", "far far in the future...", and my personal favorite, "a
long, long time ago...".
It would be better if, for a future --compatible=VERSION level, these tapset
functions returned errors instead, getting the caller scripts to use the
try/catch construct to handle errors.
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