elm 2.5.3 and glibc 2.1.93
Mark Brown
bmark@us.ibm.com
Fri Sep 22 13:29:00 GMT 2000
"H . J . Lu" wrote:
> The initial value of @code{errno} at program startup is zero. Many
> library functions are guaranteed to set it to certain nonzero values
> when they encounter certain kinds of errors. These error conditions are
> listed for each function. These functions do not change @code{errno}
> when they succeed;
> ---
>
> I have quoted it in my previous email. Did I read it wrong?
Nope, I apologize -- but that last sentence is both bad and wrong, IMHO.
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Mark S. Brown bmark@us.ibm.com
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