Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 20:48:14 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <arch@FreeBSD.ORG>, <doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: brk(2) manpage seems erroneous and confusing Message-ID: <20010901204223.K1753-100000@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20010901112800.A26502@comp.chem.msu.su>
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On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > The current version of the page contains a number doubtful and > ambiguous statements. I've found at least six of them: > > - brk() should return int, not char* - it's a problem of our unistd.h, too > ... > Despites the page is of little use to programmers now, it has > certain historical value for those who wish to know how Unix > developed. I think it started as returning char *. That's what it returns inv V7. > I'd suggest taking the brk(2) page from NetBSD, which language > looks much better. If noone minds, I'll do that. Of course, I'll > change the function prototypes in the manpage to match our unistd.h > unless we decide to fix the latter, too. Better change unistd.h. The kernel returns int. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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