>> I'm not sure whether I think it'd be better for O_NONBLOCK to apply >> to the descriptor - [...] > O_NONBLOCK should really be part of the _operation_, not the > _object_. [...]
Agreed - or, at least, I agree that it should be possible to make it part of the operation rather than of the object. Even aside from installed-base arguments, I'm not sure whether I think non-blocking mode on the object should go away. I'd have to think about it more. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
