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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:36:31 +0000
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Subject: Re: errno constants in <errno.h>
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> > My idea is to enable programs (like RHIDE) to report a better message without 
> > touching a line.
> 
> Maybe we need a new function, which under DOS will produce additional 
> messages based on DOS codes, and under other systems be a no-op?  Then 
> programs who want better error messages would just call that function, 
> after doing whatever is appropriate for errno.
 
Yes it could help the programs to report a better thing.

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