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From: Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: EAPI 3 and "nonfatal die"
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:46:27
Message-Id: 20090821204619.2fd2bda5@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] EAPI 3 and "nonfatal die" by David Leverton
1 On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:56:41 +0100
2 David Leverton <levertond@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > Does anyone have any opinions on which of the four options (#1
5 > make die respect nonfatal, #2 make die always die, #3 add a new
6 > die variant that respects nonfatal, #4 make regular die respect
7 > nonfatal, and add a new variant that doesn't) we should go with?
8 > We should definitely get this resolved and agreed on before EAPI
9 > 3 is finalised.
10
11 I'd like die to respect nonfatal. People using nonfatal should check
12 beforehand that the functions they're calling won't do anything stupid if
13 die's are ignored. If there's something that absolutely has to die, nonfatal
14 or not, then use a variable. I guess that's #4?
15
16
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[gentoo-dev] Re: EAPI 3 and "nonfatal die" Christian Faulhammer <fauli@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: EAPI 3 and "nonfatal die" Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>