> To fully abstract /dev/ptm in libutil, the API below would have to be > extended to have another function to open /dev/ptm in libutil as well, > eg. (better names would be desired): > > fd = openptmfd() > pledge() > fdopenpty(fd, ...) > fdopenpty(fd, ...) > fdopenpty(fd, ...) > fdopenpty(fd, ...)
I'm not certain about prefixing the name with "fd"; after all it isn't just some fd, it is a VERY specific fd which was opened earlier as a resource. It is "some resource". Maybe this "some resource" is a concept found on other systems, where it might not be a fd.
