Re: [PATCH] #3 Update on port to OS400/EBCDIC

On 2/13/06, Julian Foad <julianfoad@btopenworld.com> wrote:

> It would make sense for mainstream APR to revise this API, adding the pool
> parameter. Do you know if IBM has proposed that to the APR developers (or are
> likely to)? Not that we will be able to rely on it for a long time yet, but it
> should happen anyway.

No, they have not proposed it, and even if we wanted to change it we
can't do so until APR 2.0.

> (If anyone wants a (miserable) laugh, take a look at the doc string for
> apr_wait_for_io_or_timeout():
>
> /**
> * Wait for IO to occur or timeout.
> *
> * Uses POOL for temporary allocations.
> */
> apr_status_t apr_wait_for_io_or_timeout(apr_file_t *f, apr_socket_t *s,
> int for_read);
>
> What a pile of poo! Somebody's not been reading what they're writing.
>
> OK, I suppose I ought not to ridicule it here but report it to the proper
> authority.)

Ha. That is amusing. Will fix.

-garrett

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Received on Mon Feb 13 23:38:17 2006