"Roger A. Faulkner" wrote:
>
> I am sponsoring this automatic case for myself.
>
> 1. Introduction
>
> This case adds a new posix_spawn() support function to the C library:
>
> int posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np(
> posix_spawn_file_actions_t *file_actions,
> int filedes);
>
> The committment level of this interface is Committed.
> The "_np" suffix indicates that this is a non-portable
> Solaris extension.
Two nits:
- IMO it may be nice to use a different suffix than "_np", e.g. IMO
|posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_solaris()| may be better.
- What about adding a |flags| argument to allow that future extensions
can be made, e.g. change the prototype to...
-- snip --
int posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_solaris(
posix_spawn_file_actions_t *file_actions,
int filedes,
uint32_t flags
)
-- snip --
> The release binding is "minor release" so it can go
> into SunOS 5.11 (OpenSolaris) (there is no need or
> intention to back-port the interface to SunOS 5.10).
Why ? It may be _nice_ to have it in Solaris 10 on demand, too (e.g. you
don't have to do the backport now but it keeps the option open to do a
backport to Solaris 10 without another ARC case).
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Bye,
Roland
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