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Re: __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) for NetBSD?
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:58:20PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> > Otherwise isn't this an auto-restarted call?
>
> I thought syscall restart was an attribute of the signal, not the call.
> (Well, calls do have a "this call is restartable" attribute too.)
Traditionally, it's an attribute of the call. Then POSIX stuck their
oar in and decided it ought to be an attribute of the signal;
unfortunately, that doesn't work, so now it's sort of both and the
real semantics are poorly specified.
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David A. Holland
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