[haiku-development] Re: BPath::Append() resets the original path in case of failure.
- From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:12:19 -0500
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is not an obscure corner case. AFAIK all storage kit class setters are
> destructive and render the object invalid when they fail (most have an
> InitCheck() even). So, while I agree that in a new API it would be nicer to
> have these BPath methods work differently, it's not even inconsistent as it
> is now. Nor it is particularly annoying -- one can just use the API as
> documented.
I agree with Ingo, though I do understand the argument concerning the
behavior shown. I think this behavior and a possible
change/improvement should be documented somewhere and can maybe be put
into consideration in Haiku R2.
Regards,
Ryan
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