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Re: [PATCH] Use gdbm_errno with gdbm_open

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From: Sebastian Gniazdowski <psprint@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-workers@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use gdbm_errno with gdbm_open
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 14:52:52 +0100
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On 25 marca 2017 at 11:18:13, Daniel Shahaf (d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> How about
> "error opening database file '%s'; gdbm error: %s"
> ?
>  
> That is: add quotes, avoid parentheses around pertinent information, and
> sign gdbm's error message. (I'd have used %q as in printf(1), but
> I don't think zerrmsg() supports that yet.)

I think it's typical what I've done, cannot give examples but this is how messages are passed around in many applications

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Sebastian Gniazdowski
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References:
- [PATCH] Use gdbm_errno with gdbm_open
  - From: Sebastian Gniazdowski
- Re: [PATCH] Use gdbm_errno with gdbm_open
  - From: Daniel Shahaf

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