[Xcb] Do all X errors fit into xcb_generic_error_t?

Peter Harris peter.harris at hummingbird.com
Thu Sep 18 07:26:06 PDT 2008


Carsten Meier wrote:
> Am Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:47:02 -0400
> schrieb Peter Harris <peter.harris at hummingbird.com>:
> 
>> Well, extensions are extensions. It is theoretically possible that
>> somebody might write an "Allow Large Error" extension in the future,
> 
> OK, thanks. I think I'll better include a mechanism for varying error
> sizes. ;)

How?

The only way to tell what size an error is (unless it is the constant
size specified today) is to ask the hypothetical future extension.

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