Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:29:49 +0100 From: Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, jilles@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: Hello fdclose Message-ID: <CAGOYWV9iCG%2BOV0AM1C0sr02kXfKnxaLvvOZ2mZrOEWaNb-%2B%2B%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1stQPy5unV0oboVF64nVRRr_RiSY-DxMKVqhWbVv4BqVA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGOYWV80vTTQbvSjvNa6XBzBiKy%2BjnGantkUH_RO=8prxoHmyQ@mail.gmail.com> <201403181404.52197.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403182230140.45496@wonkity.com> <201403191523.33275.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403191407240.52822@wonkity.com> <86zjkkr5ma.fsf@nine.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403210740240.13682@wonkity.com> <86fvmbzlbn.fsf@nine.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403211030450.14887@wonkity.com> <86mwgj7aru.fsf@nine.des.no> <1395422417.81853.14.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <98DE2314-1233-4C12-8346-5D1240B9BAAF@bsdimp.com> <86a9cj6oo5.fsf@nine.des.no> <CAN6yY1stQPy5unV0oboVF64nVRRr_RiSY-DxMKVqhWbVv4BqVA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 22 March 2014 08:04, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote= : >> >> Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> writes: >> > It does serve a useful purpose, though, which is why it has endured. >> > If you were to have a man page that said 'Putc(3) returns ...' then th= e >> > automated tools (and web links) that find Putc.3 wouldn't be able to >> > since >> > it doesn't exist. >> >> Moreover - if FreeBSD were written in Pascal, it might not matter, but >> in C, _exit(2) and _Exit(3) are two different functions. >> >> (I'm sure there are other examples without a leading underscore) >> >> (eww, starting a sentence with a non-alphabetic character would be even >> worse...) > > > 3Com was once a very important networking company. 3M still is. > > /me duck and runs. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com Hello, Thx guys for such big interested of the fdclose function :) When we decide how API will look and how the fdclose function will behave then I will correct man page. Thx, Mariusz
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