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<a href="https://gitlab.com/nmav">Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos</a>
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on <a href="https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/merge_requests/774#note_110177092">lib/handshake.c</a>:
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<pre style="margin: 0;">+<span id="LC565" class="line" lang="c">            <span class="cm" style="color: #998; font-style: italic;">/* TLS1.2 or earlier, kx is associated with ciphersuite */</span></span>
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<pre style="margin: 0;">+<span id="LC566" class="line" lang="c">            <span class="n" style="color: #333;">kx</span> <span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">=</span> <span class="n" style="color: #333;">session</span><span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">-></span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">security_parameters</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">cs</span><span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">-></span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">kx_algorithm</span><span class="p">;</span></span>
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<pre style="margin: 0;"> <span id="LC570" class="line" lang="c">            <span class="n" style="color: #333;">session</span><span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">-></span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">security_parameters</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">server_auth_type</span> <span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">=</span> <span class="n" style="color: #333;">_gnutls_map_kx_get_cred</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">kx</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi" style="color: #099;">1</span><span class="p">);</span></span>
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<pre style="margin: 0;"> <span id="LC571" class="line" lang="c">            <span class="n" style="color: #333;">session</span><span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">-></span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">security_parameters</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">client_auth_type</span> <span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">=</span> <span class="n" style="color: #333;">_gnutls_map_kx_get_cred</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">kx</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi" style="color: #099;">0</span><span class="p">);</span></span>
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<pre style="margin: 0;">-<span id="LC557" class="line" lang="c">    <span class="p">}</span> <span class="k" style="font-weight: 600;">else</span> <span class="k" style="font-weight: 600;">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">session</span><span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">-></span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">internals</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n" style="color: #333;">resumed</span> <span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">==</span> <span class="n" style="color: #333;">RESUME_FALSE</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span></span>
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<p dir="auto">We should try to be consistent on way or another, but I find returning zero much simpler (less typing), and makes error checking more natural (checking <code>< 0</code> for error feels more natural when you return zero on success). <code>GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS</code> was introduced for users of the library to use it when they like it (e.g., because it may look cleaner as you mention). However, that proved to be an issue because then some applications were checking for error as <code>if (ret != GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS)</code> instead of <code>if (ret < 0)</code>.applications were checking for error as <code>if (ret != GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS)</code> instead of <code>if (ret < 0)</code>. I may be wrong but I feel that the use of a definition for zero prompted a different use than the originally intended, and caused problem when enhancing APIs to return more specific info (e.g., how many certs were loaded), on newer revisions of gnutls. That prompted the introduction of the ugly <code>GNUTLS_CERTIFICATE_API_V2</code> flag. So if I would change something would be to mark the use of <code>GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS</code> as deprecated :) Nevertheless, lets discuss this on a separate bug or cleanup MR.</p>
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