Re: [PATCH/RFC] doc: document error handling functions and conventions (Re: [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a strbuf)

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Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 08:03:00AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> > Whether or not we decide on a different error-handling convention in the
>> > future, it is a fact of life that a good bit of code already uses the
>> > "strbuf" convention documented by Jonathan's patch. So I think it is OK
>> > to merge it as is. If we change the preferred convention in the future,
>> > one part of the change will be to update this file.
>> 
>> I wasn't sure about "a good bit of code already", but that settles
>> it.  Let's take it as-is and see how the code evolves.
>
> I'm not convinced myself after a quick grep. But it's certainly
> non-zero, and I think I would rather have the technique documented than
> not, so I withdraw my earlier complaints.

OK.
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