[Info-vax] Unexpected error using ZIP for OpenVMS

[Steven Schweda]

On Dec 20, 8:46 pm, AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> wrote:

   I realize that this is pointless, but ...

> >    To me, this is utter nonsense.  A user can specify

> That was my point.

   Your point is that you were making no sense?

> 1) If the user were to expect any of the above errors (1
> thru 4), why wouldn't he fix the problem before running the
> code? Therefore, I assumed it must be the programmer.

   Huh?  Why would the user expect that he was making a
typing error, or that his file was corrupted?

> 2) Didn't you have a hand in writing the code? So when you
> talk about expecting or not expecting an error, I assume
> you're talking from the programmer's point of view.

   I am a user and a developer.  You are a user.  Of course
I'd write to you as if we were both developers.  You have a
remarkable gift for non sequitur.

> 3) One complicating factor is the fact that I have several
> times encountered error messages that say, "unexpected error
> . . . " [...]

   Not in any of my code.

> There you have three reasons why.

   There I have three (specious) reasons why _what_?

> If I expect that running a program will produce an error, I
> try to do something about it first. So in this sense, all
> errors are unexpected, in which case the whole concept
> becomes meaningless.

   Yes, if you insist on nonsensical definitions, then many
things will make no sense.

   You win.  This waste of time is too tiring to continue.