[Xcb] EWMH API for XCB
Arnaud Fontaine
arnaud at andesi.org
Tue Dec 15 17:01:41 PST 2009
>>>>> Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> writes:
Hi,
>> Well, I think it would be better to not make it static as it
>> could be useful to any program implementing extensions to
>> EWMH. Therefore, I have just added an assert()[0]. I think it's
>> ok this way, isn't it?
> In XCB, we've had some bad experiences with asserts, simply
> because end-users notice them and blame XCB rather than buggy
> applications. :) Detecting problems at compile time seem ideal
> when you can. This case seems somewhat less problematic since an
> application would have to explicitly use your new library;
> however, I'd still suggest doing as much checking as you possibly
> can at compile time.
Yes, it makes sense, I didn't think about that point. Could you suggest
a patch as I don't really know how to do it properly? Thanks much.
Cheers,
Arnaud
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