Re: RFC 140 (v1) One Should Not Get Away With Ignoring System Call Errors

[Chaim Frenkel]

>>>>> "JH" == Jarkko Hietaniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> But the drawback would be that the actual victim may not be the primal
>> cause.
>> 
>> sub foo {
>> my $fh = open(....);
>> ... Lots more code ...
>> return $fh;
>> }
>> 
>> $victim = foo;
>> print $victim "I'm helpless";

JH> Tough.

Not a nice attitude. The failure is not close to the cause. Neither in
time or space.

If it were closer to the open, at least an intellegent message might
be displayed. Your way, nothing but. 

        *ARRGGHHH*, tainted data, in Foo.pl at line 37 <chunk 12>

(Why does that remind me of rogue?)

<chaim>
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