Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:29:14 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1 |
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Alan Cox wrote: > > Given we will never have 2^32 socket types, and in a sense this is part > of the type why not just use > > socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, ...)
Ok, I have to admit that I find this very appealing. It looks much cleaner, but perhaps more importantly, it also looks both readable _and_ easier to use for the user-space programmer.
Linus
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