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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Bread + note -> loss
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 12:21:15 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <09a0e33f5536892d6addb6fc841b5498@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9cd148ea7bd5ff42d9b740141d8d5e9a@felloff.net>

On Mon May 12 12:19:47 EDT 2014, cinap_lenrek@felloff.net wrote:
> why not check the error string in Bread() and see if its "interrupted"
> and in that case, dont inactivate the stream? or are i'm missing
> something?

that's an excellent suggestion.  i thought about it before posting, but
sort of discarded that line of thinking.  i think the difficulty might
be in disturbing programs that depend on this behavior.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-12 16:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-12 15:10 erik quanstrom
2014-05-12 16:18 ` cinap_lenrek
2014-05-12 16:21   ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2014-05-12 16:31   ` erik quanstrom
2014-05-12 16:41     ` cinap_lenrek
2014-05-14 16:59       ` erik quanstrom
2014-05-16 19:24         ` cinap_lenrek
2014-05-16 19:29           ` erik quanstrom

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