Re: [PATCH][RFC] splice support

[Andrew Morton]

Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > The "destination first" convention is insane. It only makes sense for 
> > assignments, and these aren't assignments.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> But alas, sendfile(2) is defined as destination first:
> 
> > ssize_t sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, off_t *offset, size_t count)
> 
> which begs the question, do we want to be different from sendfile(2), 
> and confuse a segment of the programmer populace?  :)
> 

strcpy, memcpy...

Obviously copy(from, to) is the sane way to do things, but yeah, I _think_
a C programmer would expect copy(to, from).

I don't think it matters much at all, really.  If they get it backwards
they'll notice pretty quickly ;)
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/