Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:50:49 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portability of shm, mmap, pipes and socket IPC Message-ID: <36C19CC9.62FAA6F7@newsguy.com> References: <199902092246.PAA10658@usr02.primenet.com> <199902100403.MAA55849@spinner.netplex.com.au> <19990210085847.A11710@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <199902100907.BAA79553@apollo.backplane.com> <xzp1zjybabz.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> writes: > > The problem is that linux updates the timeval structure on return, > > telling you how much time is left. > > Yup. I wish FreeBSD did that - the man page already states that one > shouldn't rely on tv not being modified, so it shouldn't break POLA. Manual pages aren't POLA. They are specs. Traditional usage is POLA. Wanna different different behavior? Create a different function. Besides, given that most usages have no need for this, it would be a wast of space and time. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org Well, as a computer geek, I have to believe in the binary universe. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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