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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:09:04 +0300
From: Egor Duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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Subject: Re: Optimizing away "ReadFile" calls when Make calls stat()
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Hi!

Thursday, 15 February, 2001 Warren Young warren AT etr-usa DOT com wrote:

WY> If this design is used, stat_lite() would be a misleading name.

sure.  inventing the name was the hardest part when i was implementing
this function :)

WY>  How  about stat_select(), since it would behave like select(2)?

well, i would take word "select" as an implication that this function
will   block   and  wait  for  something to happen. "stat_selective"
would  be  more intuitive, but it goes against the custom of not using
adjectives in posix function names.

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19



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