Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add comments about why errno is set to zero.

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 04:12:30PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Well, there seems to be enough confusion, even in this email list, that
> identifying _why_ errno is being cleared is a good idea.
>
> I modified it to:
>
>         errno = 0;  /* avoid having to check the result for failure */

I don't know about others but I find that wording ambiguous. Like it's
saying that once you've done that it can't fail. I think I'd prefer
something like:

errno = 0;   /* Make error condition detectable */

or even

errno = 0;   /* clear pending errors */

or

errno = 0;   /* clear prior detected errors */

YMMV,
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