From: William Ahern <william@25thandClement.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] fd2path(2)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 09:00:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030505160003.GA27502@wilbur.25thandClement.com> (raw)
why not make the return value of fd2path() similar to SUSv3's snprintf()?
that is, return the length of the logical string. i've read a few archived
posts on this. one was to make the return value the remainder of the logical
length and the buffer length. another pointed out that inferno just returned
a malloc'd string on its own.
but, why force superfluous use of strlen()? the semantics of snprintf() seem
quite reasonable. in fact, i can't really figure out a down side... anybody?
- Bill
next reply other threads:[~2003-05-05 16:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-05 16:00 William Ahern [this message]
2003-05-05 16:18 ` rob pike, esq.
2003-05-05 17:32 ` William Ahern
2003-05-05 18:05 ` William Josephson
2003-05-05 18:12 ` rsc
2003-05-05 18:17 ` William Ahern
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