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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.

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