From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 981 invoked by alias); 27 Feb 2012 17:09:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 842 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Feb 2012 17:08:21 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:08:06 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id DCE3C2C006D; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:08:03 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:09:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add scandirat(3) Message-ID: <20120227170803.GE31025@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <1329864298.3540.2.camel@YAAKOV04> <20120224130951.GA19218@calimero.vinschen.de> <4F4BA55D.4070009@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F4BA55D.4070009@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-q1/txt/msg00008.txt.bz2 On Feb 27 15:46, Dave Korn wrote: > On 24/02/2012 13:09, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Feb 21 16:44, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > >> scandirat(3) was added in glibc-2.15[1] and has supposedly been proposed > >> for addition to POSIX.1[2]. Patch attached. > >> > >> > >> Yaakov > >> > >> [1] http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS > >> [2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/2419 > >> [...] > > > > Is it just me or do others have the same feeling that the function name > > is a bit... unfortunate. When I read this patch proposal the first time > > I thought something like "scan-di-rat? What the heck does *that* mean? > > > > A couple of days later I still tend to pronounce it "scan-di-rat" rather > > than "scan-dir-at", and I have serious doubts that I will adapt... > > 'slike a sugar mouse, but bigger. 'scandirat. I likes candy... Corinna