Re: standard error codes

From	Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: standard error codes
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Date	2017-01-11 21:38 +0000
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> It just reinforces my point that strcmp by itself is unintuitive.

Matlab has a boatload of functions that shares names with functions in
the C library. Almost without exception (no pun intended) they function
in an identical manner (modulo a completely different notion of error
handling).

The exception is strcmp() which returns 1 if the two arguments are the
same, and 0 if not.

I must say, I find Matlab's way round much more intuitive, but its never
crossed my mind to whine about it.  You learn the idiosyncracy and go
about your day.

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standard  error codes Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2017-01-08 06:34 -0800
  Re: standard  error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-08 11:05 -0800
    Re: standard  error codes Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2017-01-09 03:33 -0800
      Re: standard  error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-09 04:55 -0800
        Re: standard  error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-09 09:06 -0800
          Re: standard  error codes Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2017-01-09 09:52 -0800
            Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-09 21:50 +0000
              Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-09 22:36 +0000
                Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-09 14:51 -0800
                Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-09 23:39 +0000
                Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-09 15:51 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-09 16:08 -0800
                Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-09 18:51 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-10 02:02 -0800
                Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-10 07:34 -0800
                Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-10 01:39 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 09:07 -0800
                Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-10 09:59 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 12:02 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-10 12:53 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 13:03 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-10 15:41 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-11 02:56 +0000
                Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-11 07:42 -0800
                Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-10 12:59 -0800
                Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-10 18:14 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 12:12 -0800
                Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-10 20:35 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 13:00 -0800
                Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-11 08:16 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 18:25 +0000
                Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-11 19:09 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-11 12:03 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 20:10 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-11 12:19 -0800
                Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-11 20:31 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-01-11 15:32 -0500
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 20:48 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-01-11 15:58 -0500
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-11 13:01 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 21:05 +0000
                Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-11 21:08 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-11 21:38 +0000
                Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-11 21:58 +0000
                Re: standard error codes David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-12 12:11 +0100
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 09:28 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-12 18:06 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 11:39 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-12 19:50 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 13:03 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-12 21:13 +0000
                Re: standard error codes <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2017-01-12 20:00 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-13 01:56 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-13 12:54 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-13 09:35 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-13 17:38 +0000
                Re: standard error codes James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-13 13:06 -0500
                Re: standard error codes raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-18 12:00 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-18 12:13 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-12 16:43 -0800
                Re: standard error codes <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2017-01-12 19:34 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-13 09:27 -0800
                Re: standard error codes raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-12 19:33 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 12:10 -0800
                Re: standard error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-11 11:50 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 20:38 +0000
                Re: standard error codes jadill33@gmail.com - 2017-01-11 12:26 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 20:44 +0000
      Re: standard  error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-09 09:03 -0800
  Re: standard  error codes supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-08 11:40 -0800

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