On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Uri Guttman wrote:
> >>>>> "JSD" == Jonathan Scott Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> I'll revise the RFC to add 'readable()', 'writable()', and such
> >> synonyms for -r and -w that are more like 'use english' and less like
> >> 'use English'.
>
>
> i have a minor problem with the names readable and writeable. i am
> currently using them as method names in a major project i have
> created. they are callbacks (see my recent callback rfc) which mean the
> socket is readable/writeable. maybe put some sort of prefix on them to
> designate them as file test operators so we don't clutter up the
> namespace so much. also the common prefix will make it clear tha tthey
> are part of the family of file test ops.
>
> here are some ideas which you can shoot down:
>
Thought I'd add to the list of target ideas that someone else has
already proposed:
file ('/dev/null', 'rwx')
And I agree with Uri that a pragma is the way to go if we are going to
havea all those new function names.
Alan Gutierrez
