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Re: FYI: POSIX update - SIGWINCH and 'struct winsize' (etc) to be added



On 21.10.2017 19:12, Robert Elz wrote:
>     Date:        Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:15:27 +0200
>     From:        Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
>     Message-ID:  <20171021151526.GA17199%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
> 
>   | Just provide two definitions and protect them with an include guard. No
>   | need really to have a new header either.
> 
> Obviously that would work, but that would also be just about my last
> choice as an acceptable solution.
> 
> While I doubt anyone is going to want to change struct winsize (or at
> least not as long as 64K pixels is enough as a dimension) doing it that
> way sets a poor precedent, and sometime someone is likely to copy that
> solution with something that is more likely to change.
> 
> I will hunt more for other possibilities before even contemplating that one.
> 

We can follow the <sys/timespec.h> approach. Add a dedicated header for
a struct and include where needed.

> kre
> 


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