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Subject: Re: [9fans] same functions everywhere
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From: Scott Schwartz <schwartz@bio.cse.psu.edu>
Date: Wed,  7 May 2003 12:25:27 -0400
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> encountering the end of a file is in no way an exceptional condition.

A better example is when a write fails.  One common reason is a full disk;
another is a broken pipe.  They're not handled the same, but maybe they
would have been if C had had an exception system.