Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!mtune!whuts!paul From: paul@whuts.UUCP (HO) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Weird syscall returns Message-ID: <2474@whuts.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 14:24:16 EDT Article-I.D.: whuts.2474 Posted: Wed Jul 22 14:24:16 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 02:00:17 EDT References: <1641@sfsup.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 8 In article <1641@sfsup.UUCP>, mpl@sfsup.UUCP (M.P.Lindner) writes: > So, what call returns a -1 as an error that can also return a negative > integer as a valid value? NONE! Ever wonder why in /usr/src/cmd/nice.c, nice is called without having its return value checked? Paul Ho