| To: | Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: pmLookupName sts differences |
| From: | fche@xxxxxxxxxx (Frank Ch. Eigler) |
| Date: | Tue, 14 Apr 2015 20:09:46 -0400 |
| Cc: | Martins Innus <minnus@xxxxxxxxxxx>, pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| Delivered-to: | pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <552D7DE8.4030706@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Ken McDonell's message of "Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:51:52 +1000") |
| References: | <551D8119.5010404@xxxxxxxxxxx> <552CA769.1070607@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <552D1EE1.5000600@xxxxxxxxxxx> <552D7DE8.4030706@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > [...] > 1. if numpmid == 1, then return 1 for success else an error code (<0) > ... this special case is really required to allow a caller to discover > _why_ a lookup failed for a particular metric > 2. if numpmid > 1, then 3 cases apply > [...] > - otherwise, return n (0 <= n < numpmid) as the count for those > that are OK I don't quite understand why 1 and >1 cases are different. What reason could the caller discover in the first case, that she wouldn't also want to know about the others? - FChE |
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