Re: [dev] dmenu_path rewrite in C

From: Elmo Todurov <todurov_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 16:24:47 +0300

On 05/19/2010 04:23 PM, Connor Lane Smith wrote:
> On 19/05/2010, Elmo Todurov<todurov_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 7) I would change --force flag check to be just '-f'
>>> 8) why do you check for root?
>>
>> Why do you use dmenu_path as root? I can't see any use cases for this.
>
> "UNIX was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things, as
> that would also stop them from doing clever things." -- Dennis Ritchie
>
> Besides, it's a waste of code.

Heh, OK. You convinced me on both cases. Also, the checking for root
sits there for historical reasons. A 2-day-old program can also have
historical reasons!
Received on Wed May 19 2010 - 13:24:47 UTC

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