2015-08-12 9:25 GMT+02:00 David du Colombier <0in...@gmail.com>: > This comment is indeed pretty old. It was already present > in the Second Edition. >
So that check is based on pre 9p2000 code? If so, Charles have probably explained it: 2015-08-10 17:40 GMT+02:00 Charles Forsyth <charles.fors...@gmail.com>: > As a further historical note, originally 9P required a stream that > preseved record boundaries, and the reliable datagram protocol IL/IP and > pipes did that. > So, seem that ignoring zeros is simply wrong. A residual from the past... Giacomo