Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:06:15 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/13644 Message-ID: <388CBEC7.BC807C68@softweyr.com> References: <000001bf669f$94c4ec70$021d85d1@youwant.to> <200001242006.PAA35725@misha.cisco.com> <20000124125150.C26520@fw.wintelcom.net> <200001242035.MAA91877@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
> :The manpage has been updated in -current:
> :
> : If timeout is a non-nil pointer, it specifies the maximum interval to
> : wait for the selection to complete. System activity can lengthen the in-
> : terval by an indeterminate amount.
> :
> : If timeout is a nil pointer, the select blocks indefinitely.
> :
> : To effect a poll, the timeout argument should be non-nil, pointing to a
> : zero-valued timeval structure.
> :
> :If no one objects I'll be committing it to -stable and praying to the
> :gods that this thread dies.
> :
> :-Alfred
>
> 'nil' ? 'nil' is the designation for an ascii 0, not a pointer.
> Please use 'null' or 'NULL' -- for example, look at the gettimeofday
> man page. 'nil' has nothing to do with pointers.
More correctly, 'nul' or 'NUL' are ASCII character 0. 'nil' is a pascal phrase
that should *not* find its way into the general UNIX lexicon.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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