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It's global state for a local condition. Linus Torvalds on errno: https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/errno.html https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/errno.html

• signa11 3y ago
  > ... Linus Torvalds on errno: https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/errno.html https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/errno.html yes, he argues against its usage in the KERNEL.
  • Cloudef 3y ago
    But his argument stands even outside the kernel. Errno is awful, similar to locale APIs.