Hello,
This points us back to "only-to-die" which was "gently" before
2e83b66c ("fix overslow :/no-such-string-ever-existed diagnostics",
2011-05-10). I think we have to keep them both, as only-to-die
means more than just being not gentle, and we cannot revert the
renaming s/!gently/only-to-die/ done by 2e83b66c and teach GENTLY to
more codepaths, I think. But I might be mistaken and we may be able
to get rid of only-to-die at the end of this series. I dunno.
In any case, what's the reason why this new "gentle" option is
incompatible with "only-to-die"?
"GET_OID_GENTLY" would be used in the case we want to handle
fatal errors, while "GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE" means that if
there is any fatal error, we can just exit. They are not compatible
because that would mean that if there is any fatal error, the
program should die and not die at the same time.
Thank you for taking time to look over these patches!
Best,
Paul
