> > =item C<stat>/C<lstat>
> >
> > 'blksize' Preferred block size for file system I/O
> > 'blocks' Actual number of blocks allocated
>
> Either "blocks" and "blocksize", or "blks" and "blksize", I think
What's there is what's been in perlfunc for ages, and stat.man for eons.
I think it might be a mistake to change it.
> > =item C<getpw*>
> >
> > 'name' Username
>
> I'd really like this to be 'user', but it makes it inconsistent with the
> other functions, so either way.
Again, I was working from the original man page.
> > 'dir' Home directory
>
> 'homedir' or 'home' are _much_ better for us sysadmins...
Not if you sysadmins are familiar with the UNIX documentation, whence *all*
these names are taken! ;-)
> > =item C<gethost*>
> >
> > 'aliases' Other host names
>
> An array/arrayref (I hope)?
I don't think so. I suggest you need a separate RFC to propose semantic
changes like this and:
> Y'know, this C-based interface has always sucked. ...
> I know this isn't directly related to your RFC, but I needed to bring it
> up. Seems like adding the upack('C4') thing to the gethost* functions
> wouldn't be that hard and would make these common tasks a lot easier.
Damian
