Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] bisect--helper: `write_terms` shell function in C

> Hi Pranit,
>
> On Fri, 20 May 2016, Pranit Bauva wrote:
>
>> Frankly, I have no idea what you mean by libification but I will use
>> error() since efforts for libification have already started.
>
> The term "libification" is frequently used in the Git project: it means to
> convert code that was formerly used in a standalone program to make it
> usable as a library function.
>
> The main differences:
>
> - in the standalone program, you can get away with calling die() when
>   anything goes wrong. Not so in a library function: you need to give the
>   caller a chance to fail gracefully, or even to continue.
>
> - in a standalone program, you can be sloppy and "let exit() clean up",
>   i.e. omit free() calls or even close() calls. In library functions, this
>   is not possible.
>
> - in a standalone program, you may mess with the stdio handles. This is
>   an absolute no-go in library functions.
>
> There are other differences, of course. The gist is that you have to be a
> lot more careful for library functions.