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Yeah, I was just looking at that after I posted my initial comment, and I think I agree with you. That's the only reading I can see that doesn't create more que
by nknight 15y ago
Yeah, I was just looking at that after I posted my initial comment, and I think I agree with you. That's the only reading I can see that doesn't create more questions than it answers.
I think in this case, Occam's razor says "this part of the standard is not fully thought through".
- cperciva 15y agothis part of the standard is not fully thought through I agree... and this terrifies me, given that EINTR is mentioned in the man page for close(2) back in BSD Net/2, over 20 years ago.
- ajasmin 15y agothis terrifies me Now think about all the libraries and application that end up calling close() and fclose(). Add a few abstraction layers and good luck figuring out if closing a file is safe in a multithreaded Java app.