[Python-Dev] posix_confstr seems wrong

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

On Monday 17 April 2006 17:39, skip at pobox.com wrote:
 > 1. Why is errno being set to 0?

The C APIs don't promise to clear errno on input; you have to do that 
yourself.

 > 2. Why is errno's value then tested to see if it's not zero?
 >
 > Looks like this have been that way since December 1999 when Fred added it.

Looks like a bug to me.  It should be set just before confstr() is called.


  -Fred

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