From:	"Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
To:	<djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Locking fcntl changes #2
Date:	Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:49:06 +0100
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> > +struct _DOSERROR_STR {
> > +  char *exterror_str;
> > +  #ifdef __cplusplus
> > +  char *errclass_str;
> > +  #else
> > +  char *class_str;
> > +  #endif
> > +  char *action_str;
> > +  char *locus_str;
> 
> Why do we need the special __cplusplus case?  Can't we always call
> that member errclass_str (and rename the other two to erraction_str
> and errlocus_str)?
In fact, why is it there at all? Maybe the member was called `class'
once upon a time, but class_str isn't a problem for C++ (AFAIK).

> > +/* B5h (181) */ "(MS-DOS 7.0) A valid eject request failed",
> > +/* B5h (181) */ "(DOS 5.0-6.0,NetWare4) Invalid call gate",
> Same here.
But both are valid (and distinct) MS-DOS errors - which should
DJGPP support 'better' - DOS 5/6 or DOS 7?

> "dup" should have a @code markup, and please also add an @xref.  Also,
> we don't use the (n) notation for commands and functions (because the
> references aren't man pages), so please remove "(2)" in the above.
I think he meant a call of dup() with a parameter of 2 (i.e. stdout).

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