Matt Aubury <Matt.Aubury@comlab.ox.ac.uk> writes:
> * Multiple reads are non-atomic -- Yes, but I think if you care
> about atomicity of the interface then, again, you are probably in
> the 10% of tricky cases.
uhm. yes. but those 10% are a problem.
> * Replacing ":" with "/" for directories -- I'm neutral towards this
> idea. Anyone else have an opinion?
'/'. I was wondering if you where a mac-developer when I read through
the post. ;) Isn't '/' pretty self-explanatory?
> * Allowing read() on the directories -- A beguiling idea, although
> I'm worried about that the silly page size limitations might trip me
> up. Regardless, it's something that can easily be added later
> (perhaps by someone more skilled) so I'm not going to do it for a
> first pass.
sounds like a nice idea. instead of some "all-in-one" file, which
looks ugly in my eyes.
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