Re: [boost] Re: [iostreams] names for non-blocking character properties

From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-08 14:48:03

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:47:36 -0700, Jonathan Turkanis
<technews_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Thanks for your feedback. would_block is unix-y too, no?

I'd say no, since it describes the concept (the operation would block)
and not a system-level error code (EAGAIN).  Admittedly there is
EWOULDBLOCK on some systems as well, but thats not what I had in mind
when considering the name "would_block".

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Caleb Epstein
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