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Message-ID: <84a01a8b0903271625y30a56113l87aa517385120e6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:25:38 +0100 From: nicolas sitbon <nicolas.sitbon@...il.com> To: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: epoll_ctl and const correctness read() and poll() are very old functions, a long time ago, int was nearly the only used type. Today, people uses good programming practices, mixing information (the size read) and error is a very poor design and a bad practice, as with read(). 2009/3/28 Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>: > nicolas sitbon wrote: >> >> is it stupid to ask how a size can be negative? who is stupid? you're >> boring with my question, just tell me please how a size can be >> negative? > > Yes I'm bored with your questions. And am suggesting you to stop > asking me now. That's enough. > > As of size being negative - how one can read() negative number > of bytes for example? How one can poll() waiting for a maximum > of negative number of milliseconds? > > This is my last reply to you. I have something more useful to do. > > /mjt > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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