Re: [Devel] more on new error scheme

[Tom Kacvinsky]

The macros look good, Werner.  I say go with them...

Tom

On Wed, 16 May 2001, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

>
> I'm still hesitating to implement my proposed scheme.
>
> For applications, the following changes would be necessary:
>
>   if ( error & 0xFF == FT_Err_... )
>              ^^^^^^
>
> Is this acceptable?  Which real programs actually use FreeType errors?
> A better looking way is probably
>
>   if ( FT_ERROR( error ) == FT_Err_Unknown_File_Format )
>     ...
>
> and similarly (ANDing with 0xFF00)
>
>   if ( FT_MODULE( error ) == FT_Mod_Err_Cache )
>     ...
>
> to get the module in which the error has happened
>
>
> Comments?
>
>
>     Werner
>
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