On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Fabrizio Polacco wrote: > pid_t islock_dev ( const char * devname); > pid_t lock_dev ( const char * devname); > pid_t relock_dev ( const char * devname, pid_t old_pid); > pid_t unlock_dev ( const char * devname, pid_t pid);
This is obviously a nit, but I'd like to see these renamed to have the dev at the beginning; nearly all system APIs use a prefix to keep the namespace clean rather then a suffix (i.e. sig*, gtk*, Xt*, FD*), and it would be nice to be consistent. Erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | "For the next two hours, VH1 will be filled with foul-mouthed, | | crossdressing Australians. Viewer discretion is advised." | | | | Linux Application Development -- http://people.redhat.com/~johnsonm/lad |
