To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Revising syserr.c
Organization:	Code Generation Technology, San Francisco, CA
Date:	Wed, 09 Feb 94 09:12:30 -0800
From:	"Thomas J. Merritt" <tjm AT netcom DOT com>

|<><><><><> Original message from dj AT ctron DOT com  <><><><><>
|> I *was* thinking about revising syserr.c, but then I looked at errno.h.
|>     The mechanism for printing error messages supported by the
|> sys_errlist array of strings is really quite convenient, but as long
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|You should always compare errno to sys_nerr to determine if the table
|supports that error.

Or better yet, use strerror(3C).  If it is not in the DJGPP C library
by default, it is simple to add.

	char const *
	strerror(int err)
	{
	    if (err < 0 || err >= sys_nerr)
		return "unknown error number";

	    return sys_error[err];
	}

TJ Merritt
tjm AT netcom DOT com
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