Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:31:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, d@delphij.net, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/locale utf8.c Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0710251528370.29092@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <20071025192501.GG16187@nagual.pp.ru> References: <200710150951.l9F9pUm7026506@repoman.freebsd.org> <4720B30F.4040903@samsco.org> <20071025151707.GA11398@nagual.pp.ru> <4720C7D6.9090004@delphij.net> <20071025190019.GA16187@nagual.pp.ru> <4720E9E1.7000900@delphij.net> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0710251516220.29092@sea.ntplx.net> <20071025192501.GG16187@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Andrey Chernov wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 03:17:32PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: >> Why not simply avoid the error check for inlines. Solaris >> doesn't seem to add a check, it just does the conversion. >> The non-inlined versions do error checking. > > Although standard permit this, it will cause lots of programs to break > here and there and even may cause core dump. I don't think it is what > everybody wants. Non-inlined versions a) not used nowdays b) must be exact > as inlined. If programs are incorrectly written, and they use inlines, then that is not our fault :-) The problem with trying to do error checking and other esoteric things with inlines is that it exposes our private parts to the world. You can get arrested for that ;-) How much juice are we really trying to squeeze out of these inlines anyway? -- DE
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