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From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: errno
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.124318.1384@prl.dec.com>
Date: 17 Jun 91 12:43:18 GMT
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In article <2157@mitisft.Convergent.COM>, dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) writes:
> printf("Errno %d: %s\n", want_err, 
> 	want_err <= sys_nerr ? sys_errlist[want_err] : "Out of range" );
> 
> I like this one because it's one of the few places where the " ? : "
> construct looks correct to me.

Eh?  The bounds of a reasonable errnos lie between 1 and sys_nerr.
`errno == 0' means no error.

Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com

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