In our previous episode, Henry Vermaak said: > > Or maybe, the question should be the opposite, why not? Why shouldn't such > > peripheral calls NOT be taken from libc? > > Because you don't have to link to libc when you have a syscall?
True. You just have to maintain the syscall. And polish away the cross platform issues. For core functionality that is worth the trouble (since it is also quickly noticed when it fails), for this IMHO not. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel