Thread: Something I don't understand on chkpass.sgml
I'm currently translating chkpass.sgml and I'm having problems with this sentence : This is currently a stub that does nothing. According to answers.com, a stub is a "A small software routine placed into a program that provides a common function." So the sentence itself is understandable but I don't understand what "the stub" refers to in this paragraph : the error code routine ? the comparison one ? the cast one ? Thanks for any pointers. Regards. -- Guillaume. http://www.postgresqlfr.org http://dalibo.com
Guillaume Lelarge wrote: > I'm currently translating chkpass.sgml and I'm having problems with this > sentence : > This is currently a stub that does nothing. > > According to answers.com, a stub is a "A small software routine placed > into a program that provides a common function." So the sentence itself > is understandable but I don't understand what "the stub" refers to in > this paragraph : the error code routine ? the comparison one ? the cast > one ? The stub is the function that checks the strength of the password. Currently it is a lone "return 0", so it does not checking at all (it has been like that for 6 years). -- Alvaro Herrera Developer, http://www.PostgreSQL.org/ "El miedo atento y previsor es la madre de la seguridad" (E. Burke)
Alvaro Herrera a écrit : > Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >> I'm currently translating chkpass.sgml and I'm having problems with this >> sentence : >> This is currently a stub that does nothing. >> >> According to answers.com, a stub is a "A small software routine placed >> into a program that provides a common function." So the sentence itself >> is understandable but I don't understand what "the stub" refers to in >> this paragraph : the error code routine ? the comparison one ? the cast >> one ? > > The stub is the function that checks the strength of the password. > Currently it is a lone "return 0", so it does not checking at all (it > has been like that for 6 years). > OK, thanks for the information. -- Guillaume. http://www.postgresqlfr.org http://dalibo.com