On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 03:59:48AM -0500, Felix wrote: > >Should it be possible to allow multiple threads to set different file > >creation modes? As far as I understand, Scsh allows that (I may be wrong, > >though). > > I'm strongly against this. I don't see the advantage of doing so > and I find it unintuitive.
+1 > >How should the umask support be implemented? As Peter suggests (i.e., having > >file-creation-mode-mask and a setter for it)? Or just > >set-file-creation-mode-mask! which is just a direct binding to the umask > >syscall? > > I'd prefer the accessor + setter. +1 (obviously) > >Maybe the poll should contain more options, like: > > I would suggest a simple yes/no poll. All discussion shoult take place > before the time the poll is taken. If a CR gets rejected, further > discussion can go into details. So it's too early for the poll then? Or are we voting on the proposal of having a getter+setter? Should we still have a separate set! procedure, aside from the generic setter? It would make sense to me, since most procedures have both a getter and a setter procedure, regardless of whether they have a generic setter. Cheers, Peter -- http://sjamaan.ath.cx -- "The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music." -- Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ Chicken-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-hackers
