gpg_err_code_from_errno usage

[Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos]

On Sat 11 Mar 2006 10:45, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

> > But how can you be sure that calloc() (or in that case gcry_calloc)
> > will set the errno? calloc is a library call which may or may not
> > use a system call. Even if it works on some systems, this is a very
> > non-portable construction, which will result in no error checking
> > in systems that do not set errno.
> It's not in ISO C, but in POSIX.  Single Unix v3 has:
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/calloc.html

Maybe but this doesn't change my argument. It is less portable than
the ISO/ANSI C  behavior. Given that libgcrypt is already ported to 
non-UNIX systems as well[0], I would consider this a bug.


[0]. Even older unix systems may not support that.

regards,
Nikos

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Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos