[bug#54241] [PATCH 0/4] 'github' importer gracefully handles rate limiting

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:

> That's called total programming I think?  From a OOP I'm following:
>
>   * total: handle all cases without complaints (no throwing exceptions
>     or such), assign every case a well-defined (and documented!)
>     behaviour
>   * nominal: document the preconditions, but don't bother checking them
>   * defensive: check inputs, if they are wrong, throw an exception

Interesting; I stand corrected!

> If it's not supposed to happen, can it at least be reported with a
> warning, such that we then know that 'update-rate-limit-reset-time!'
> needs to be extended or GitHub needs to be contacted?

Yes, sounds reasonable.

Thanks,
Ludo’.