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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:05:18 -0700
From: Roman Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] quantity vs. quality
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On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 14:56 -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> Roman Shaposhnick wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:16:10PM -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> > 
> >>actually, to repeat my serious question: waserror() and friends in user 
> >>mode. Crazy, doable, or just plain bad idea?
> > 
> > 
> >   Doable. But that'll give you a tool quite similar to the C++ exceptions
> >   (although without the bonus of auto-destruction). What's your plan
> >   for using this tool in libraries ?
> 
> I have no plans :-)
> 
> Just wondering.
> 
> auto-destruction: does it involve plastique or just gunpowder?
  
   I'm talking language of mass destruction here ;-)

Thanks,
Roman.