Comment by int_19h
10 years ago
It would still be true with a simple error code. It's always easier to reuse an existing abstraction (in this case, existing set of codes) than it is to define a new one.
10 years ago
It would still be true with a simple error code. It's always easier to reuse an existing abstraction (in this case, existing set of codes) than it is to define a new one.
When you write function first time, you don't have set of codes yet. When you write second function, you already have underlying error in use :)