[boost] Re: Re: [iostreams] names for non-blocking characterproperties

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-08 15:08:07

Caleb Epstein wrote:
> 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".

I don't want to get distracted by the issue of why eagain may be inappropriate;
I'd like to focus instead on what sounds good. I'm glad to hear that you like
would_block.

Jonathan