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https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1466 
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Reported By:                jauricchio
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Issue 8 drafts
Issue ID:                   1466
Category:                   Base Definitions and Headers
Type:                       Enhancement Request
Severity:                   Editorial
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     New
Name:                       Joe Auricchio 
Organization:               Apple Inc. 
User Reference:              
Section:                    3.277 Pseudo-Terminal and others 
Page Number:                68-2126 
Line Number:                2129-68880 
Final Accepted Text:         
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Date Submitted:             2021-04-16 15:22 UTC
Last Modified:              2021-06-18 14:38 UTC
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Summary:                    Pseudo-terminal devices should be renamed
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 (0005387) geoffclare (manager) - 2021-06-18 14:38
 https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1466#c5387 
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Re https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1466#c5325 A drawback of both of
those solutions is that neither has a
satisfactory retrofit for the "s" in ptsname().

The mailing list discussion in Aug 2020 included suggestions of using
"primary" for one side but without finding a good enough word for the other
side ("ancilliary" came close). It has now occurred to me that "secondary"
could be used if these words are used to indicate not the role that the
devices have but the order in which they are opened. The primary device is
opened first, and then the name of the secondary device is obtained from
ptsname() and is opened second.

I think this could be a good solution if we include an explanation of the
reason behind the naming somewhere. 

Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2021-04-16 15:22 jauricchio     New Issue                                    
2021-04-16 15:22 jauricchio     Name                      => Joe Auricchio   
2021-04-16 15:22 jauricchio     Organization              => Apple Inc.      
2021-04-16 15:22 jauricchio     Section                   => 3.277
Pseudo-Terminal and others
2021-04-16 15:22 jauricchio     Page Number               => 68-2126         
2021-04-16 15:22 jauricchio     Line Number               => 2129-68880      
2021-04-19 20:44 enh            Note Added: 0005325                          
2021-06-18 14:38 geoffclare     Note Added: 0005387                          
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