Re: [RFC PATCH 1/6] msvc: opendir: use xmalloc
> The motivation is just to avoid having to deal with the error, like we
> do other places. It's not a big deal though. I could also set errno to
> ENOMEM and return NULL if that's preferable. I just don't see how it
> is.
I don't disagree; just fishing for a commit message. :)
> I also slightly dislike setting an error not listed in POSIX'
> documentation of opendir, even though it's probably allowed.
For future reference, here's what POSIX has to say.
Implementations shall not generate a different error
number from one required by this volume of
POSIX.1-2008 for an error condition described in this
volume of POSIX.1-2008, but may generate additional
errors unless explicitly disallowed for a particular
function.
So ENOMEM would have been allowed from that front.
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>