From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1319 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2021 22:21:49 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 9 Jun 2021 22:21:49 -0000 Received: from mail-ed1-f54.google.com ([209.85.208.54]) by 1ess; Wed Jun 9 17:24:28 -0400 2021 Received: by mail-ed1-f54.google.com with SMTP id d13so16671284edt.5 for <9front@9front.org>; Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:24:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=DZ9FyM0bwVIrG//NuWeMWYqbEUaV2tIO5wn5GOmRis0=; b=djQlWNYnLd1EU6FVejwZv+pir9CASfDVeu1eZNdmXSVs7KiU+LAcq0UeuEWjFA3M0V GZxmKqB/eJ0QI4N/LS34sWTqf0rxtuqhnrfzzY5dmKtorYDaCT7XAXNvd66Jjj2+uyf4 AhpcZV5r7IOEc6UA/GMywQW3wPnGiJGHp4UpIQUxHEVwLh78jCaJpM3tCapQgL2h2zHP pGEuK14RLOGZV02fOlYr0ZcfHvbQN3gz3YZc/gFb6JRDpqcnJV1dfauFI+h7mR3lKCtW qDoY+xWam5UNnmE2tYABEU9xkUMwITem5FRMXXs244N19PmDHOghn66AhjxzQSGdlp8a kcow== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DZ9FyM0bwVIrG//NuWeMWYqbEUaV2tIO5wn5GOmRis0=; b=s2U/lWy2olHGJTlmD229aIDz+5vQd6COZZC+ab430Nbewx7gNDReMHPyRjUeQ0Yc2c BtOP7yKPPs02HMQPWnuoP3jSwuc//SsPn7qHGaiFZq5cq8yyEjuphy/gtERnsXutEKEc 3lpjjgi3PD2gnQhDJYtmEUKB+JjO4rSCFskCpLUjBtfFFBsCWeJQXz1eivYpM890pL/6 O4x0AhKyCVXT5p+kn/kK6h4g/229iw98nR6g4pe3Gxyo9/I6e7EKnV4PMfexF/UEIWhu ziWVClH03LOPgh5F9xzdgvnH/VSaWONMAFACmgFVqOV5eUDliDev5nh97fvbRz7QoLgG Kluw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM53001sn0u+FaHIrTyUTnPED2uUHJWZafx51NG5YSFp11ViqneGo5 xrn9eVUV9xJ72kJUYpsHUjPVH7nB3pSEarai4EL7/jppK0c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwslt4XHdU/4cLd2t/Rg3dgcqJ+zz2vcO4NC3YbNSMKEXngfGTkrhKJMNtkbRjd/u9jhisPy9BLSa0gSqSZzL0= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:2049:: with SMTP id bc9mr1350775edb.298.1623273858611; Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:24:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: binary cat Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 17:24:01 -0400 Message-ID: To: 9front@9front.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: distributed virtualized self-signing hardware CSS manager Subject: Re: [9front] /proc/n/fd format clarification Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk >Assuming something that isn't actually written down in >the documentation is not a good idea. The problem is that the actual format of the qid is undocumented (as far as I can tell). This is what I mean about the documentation being clearer. >This still wouldn't work since the third field, the type, is a >single UTF-8 encoded Unicode rune which is not a fixed width. Well, it is not impossible to pad that with a non-printable ascii character= , but now you are possibly actually breaking stuff. Seems like it would be best to add a few lines to the documentation, and leave it at that. =E2=80=93 binarycat