Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] libxl: initialize domid to 0 in libx

To:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] libxl: initialize domid to 0 in libxl__create_stubdom
From:	Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:37:33 +0100
Cc:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <liuw@xxxxxxxxx>
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Stefano Stabellini writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] libxl: initialize domid 
to 0 in libxl__create_stubdom"):
> This problem is caused by the way the outer function is coded and should not
> affect the way other functions are coded.

The API of a particular function does not live in isolation.

I think that the inner function's API should make it easy to write the
outer function - and, specifically, make it plausible to spot mistakes
in the outer function.

Ian.

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