Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2016-06-15

Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Patches to avoid reporting conversion changes.

From: Randal L. Schwartz <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:39

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"Jari" == Jari Aalto [off-list ref] writes:
Jari>     if ( $OS_ERROR ) ...

Right, but without looking, is it $OS_ERROR or $OSERROR?

That's the problem.

You're trading a list of single punctuation characters, pretty
unambiguous, for things that could have been named a dozen different
ways each.

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