Re: _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)

From: Kean Johnston <kean johnston gmail com>
To: Jernej Simončič <jernej|s-gmane eternallybored org>
Cc: gtk-devel-list gnome org
Subject: Re: _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:45:31 +0200

Switching _wstat to _stat will only make the problem worse.

How can returning an error (which the application can trap, and possiblytake remedial action of its own - for example trying _wstat itself), *EVER*be worse than a function silently succeeding with a bogus return value?

References:
- _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)
  - From: Kean Johnston
- Re: _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)
  - From: Jernej =?utf-8?Q?Simon=C4=8Di=C4=8D?=
- Re: _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)
  - From: Kean Johnston
- Re: _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)
  - From: Jernej =?utf-8?Q?Simon=C4=8Di=C4=8D?=
- Re: _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)
  - From: Kean Johnston
- Re: _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)
  - From: =?UTF-8?Q?Krzysztof_Kosi=C5=84ski?=
- Re: _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)
  - From: Kean Johnston
- Re: _wstat on Windows (actually stat stuff in general)
  - From: Jernej =?utf-8?Q?Simon=C4=8Di=C4=8D?=

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