Alexander Viro writes:
> Folks, before you get all excited about cramming side effects
> into open(2), consider ...
I agree completely.
> A lot of stuff relies on the fact that close(open(foo, O_RDONLY))
> is a no-op. Breaking that assumption is a Bad Thing(tm).
Also here I would like to agree. Unfortunately this is false.
Opening device files often has interesting side effects.
Andries
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