linux-kernel - Re: [perfmon] Re: [perfmon2] perfmon2 merge news

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Message-ID: <p73ejerdips.fsf@bingen.suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:19:11 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	paulus@...ba.org (Paul Mackerras), davem@...emloft.net,
	hch@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...e.de,
	mucci@...utk.edu, eranian@....hp.com, wcohen@...hat.com,
	robert.richter@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	andi@...stfloor.org
Subject: Re: [perfmon] Re: [perfmon2] perfmon2 merge news

Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> writes:

> That's strong static typing.  Netlink is 90% strong static
> typing plus 10% strong dynamic typing.  That is, it'll tell
> you at run-time if you give it the wrong netlink attribute.

Well it tells you EINVAL no matter what is wrong.

That's roughly similar to a compiler whose only error message
is 'WRONG'. Or the ed school of error reporting.

That makes any checking it does barely useful.

-Andi
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