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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 6/9] QError: Add qdev not found error


From: Hollis Blanchard
Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 6/9] QError: Add qdev not found error
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:50:40 -0700

On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 14:17 +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 10/18/2009 06:25 AM, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> > The manual for GNU gettext explains quite well why gettext takes a
> > message string as argument, instead of a "message code".  Imho, a
> > similar case can be made for error messages at call sites.
> 
> That's true.  However here we have the case of having errors consumed by 
> programs as well as users, so we want something that can be easily made 
> into language bindings.
> 
> In other words, this situation is much more similar to errno/strerror, 
> than to a compiler error message (which will often be used by other 
> programs, but where the actual error text will be read by a person; this 
> can and should use gettext).

So to extend your analogy, I think we're reaching the conclusion that
both errno *and* string should be returned to the client, right? The
client can localize based on errno, and in addition optionally provide
the server-provided string to the user.

-- 
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center





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