Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:00:56 +0800 From: MQ <antinvidia@gmail.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A problem with the select(2) interface Message-ID: <be0088ce0705170400w443e3db9r38ee79c1551de99a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86fy5wkim5.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <be0088ce0705140729m4c24f2cbr21f6f050aac75c89@mail.gmail.com> <86odknqvf3.fsf@dwp.des.no> <be0088ce0705150025q3a589369ib20d03cfe5de1520@mail.gmail.com> <86wszah2ua.fsf@dwp.des.no> <be0088ce0705160559y4c312c7aqcc45cdd81f8f0323@mail.gmail.com> <86fy5wkim5.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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2007/5/16, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no>: > > 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 > -- > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no > What is yelling? Did I yelling? I don't know how do you get this conclusion= . I just stated my opinion to let everyone understand what I was think about. If you were threatening to remove my mail from you mail box, do as you wish= .
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