Re: [PATCH 2/2] difftool: Handle compare() returning -1

From: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 26, 2012, 19:25 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJDDKr7xRL_bXOs5Ka2g9v=_AVpr7vzt3fd-5DYtiF_4gLE7QQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vd33i733s.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> +sub exit_cleanup
>> +{
>> +     my ($tmpdir, $status) = @_;
>> +     rmtree($tmpdir);
>> +     if ($status and $!) {
>> +             my ($package, $file, $line) = caller();
>> +             warn "$file line $line: $!\n";
>
> Are you sure rmtree() would not clobber $! before the code checks it
> here?

rmtree() calls croak() on fatal error, but it would certainly be clearer and safer to store $! before calling rmtree.

-- 
David