On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Neal H Walfield wrote: > > In libports: there are buckets (port sets) and classes (???) what is the > > difference, how should I interprete classes? > > A port class defines how a ``type'' of port is destroyed etc. A port > bucket is a collection of ports (of any class). > This has puzzled me for a while, too. Am I right that (speaking C++) a port bucket is a container while the port class is in fact a property of a port(the C++ class)?
Which brings me to another question: The Documentation on the Hurd (hurd.ps) which I got from the web is often confusing, especially according to whether a function was supplied by a lib or required to be provided to a lib. Since this is a task where you can�t mess things up, I�d volonteer to update that documentation (is it the latest: (c) says 1994,1998 ? ). Also related to this topic: The Linux kernel-people are using DocBook to extract documentation from the source - I think that helps a lot. (lazy me rather codes than maintains external docs... ) cherio Uli
