Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:23:14 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=) To: MQ <antinvidia@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A problem with the select(2) interface Message-ID: <86fy5wkim5.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <be0088ce0705160559y4c312c7aqcc45cdd81f8f0323@mail.gmail.com> (antinvidia@gmail.com's message of "Wed\, 16 May 2007 20\:59\:19 %2B0800") References: <be0088ce0705140729m4c24f2cbr21f6f050aac75c89@mail.gmail.com> <86odknqvf3.fsf@dwp.des.no> <be0088ce0705150025q3a589369ib20d03cfe5de1520@mail.gmail.com> <86wszah2ua.fsf@dwp.des.no> <be0088ce0705160559y4c312c7aqcc45cdd81f8f0323@mail.gmail.com>
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MQ <antinvidia@gmail.com> writes: > No, that is not what I want. I think we'd better add a comments that > we *DO NOT WRITE TO THAT ADDRESS*, what the manual describes is that > there may be some platforms which write to that address. It's not the > same thing. Some platforms update the timeval and some don't, so portable applications must simply assume that its contents are undefined after the select(2) call. It can not be relied on to contain either the initial value nor the amount of time remaining. Thus your proposed change is pointless. And stop yelling, please. It won't get you anywhere (except possibly my kill file). DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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