> Instead of simply dieing... is it possible to validate that the programmer > is checking the error condition? (I don't have an answer to that myself.) I > would hate to see movement to a safer string library that actually REMOVES > the ability for developers to build clean failure code paths to allow for > recovery. I hope you see what I am trying to get at. Perhaps an acknowledgement system of some type? ie. having parameters for "die" or "don't die" or "die if they don't check it", then a function the user of the library would call to say "return code checked, acknowledge so I can use the results". Basically a taint system. It wouldn't take a very large modification, but I don't know how well it would fit into the paradigm you're going for. --Sorel
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