Re: Something I don't understand on chkpass.sgml

[Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>]

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.


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