[parted-devel] [Parted-edge] [RFC][PATCH] Remove alloca from libparted/arch/linux.c

[Frodo Baggins]

On 9/6/07, Jim Meyering <jim at meyering.net> wrote:
> Otavio Salvador <otavio at debian.org> wrote:
> > Jim Meyering <jim at meyering.net> writes:
> >
> >> I think it would be worthwhile (long term) to convert the other way,
> >> e.g., ped_free -> free, ped_malloc -> malloc, etc.
> >
> > But wouldn't the exception handling be a good thing in this case?
>
> ?!?  This sort of "exception handling" is never a good thing.
> Its use makes for ugly, unmaintainable code.
>
> One problem is that what libparted calls "exception handling"
> is an ugly kludge that can make the library code produce output
> and/or try to read an interactive reply from the user
> (things libraries must not do, in general).  In addition,
> how the handler behaves depends on static state,
> which is another big no-no for a library.

Do we have a state machine which could help decide what to do when an
"exception" occurs?

Regards,
Frodo B