Re: [ft] [ft-devel] Large code changes without changing functionality

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> If I now say that error codes are 32bit wide, the upper 16bit could
>> hold the line number, the next 8 bits a file ID and the lowermost
>> bits the real error code.  This would be a quite effective means to
>> find out the source code origin of returned error codes even in
>> non-debug builds.
> 
> It would, but I'd consider module errors an API mistake to begin
> with.

Well...

> For the past ten years everyone has been comparing FT error codes
> using good old equality operator.  If no one uses a feature, there's
> no point developing it further.

Actually, I don't know whether this feature gets used.

> If anything, it should be removed.

Hmm.  I rather favour to improve it, together with advertising FT_ERR
and friends.  So I won't do anything right now.


    Werner