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Re: New function: mfile_name_concat.


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: New function: mfile_name_concat.
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 01:07:14 +0200
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Jim Meyering wrote:
> I wanted the functionality of file_name_concat, but without
> the exit-on-failure bits.  Here's the result:
> 
>       New function: mfile_name_concat.
>       * lib/filenamecat.c (mfile_name_concat): New function, just like
>       file_name_concat, but return NULL upon failure rather than exiting
>       with a diagnostic.

Now, to keep a consistent (= easy to remember) naming convention, it would be
useful to rename
  file_name_concat -> xfile_name_concat
  mfile_name_concat -> file_name_concat

Bruno





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