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SubjectRe: [perfmon] Re: [perfmon2] perfmon2 merge news
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Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.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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