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		ForkMeOnTinder on Oct 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getaddrinfo() on glibc calls getenv(), oh boy It's global state for a local condition. Linus Torvalds on errno: https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/errno.html

signa11 on Oct 17, 2023 [–]

> ... Linus Torvalds on errno: https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/errno.html

yes, he argues against its usage in the KERNEL.

Cloudef on Oct 17, 2023 | [–]

But his argument stands even outside the kernel. Errno is awful, similar to locale APIs.

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