you're right. i wasn't thinking correctly.
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On Mon, 2009-07-20 at 10:53 +0100, Charles Forsyth wrote:
> >pipe would return -1 (and set a error condition) and the
> >applications were paying attention (and I'm pretty sure all
> >applications on Plan 9 would do a reasonable thing when
> >presented with -1 from a write).
>
> they only notice when the write occurs. suppose that takes
> several minutes of computation.
Just to correct the statement of fact: same as true for the
note -- it only gets sent when the write occurs. Thus -- there's
no difference, really.
Thanks,
Roman.
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