From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8385 invoked by alias); 27 Feb 2012 15:46:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 8377 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Feb 2012 15:46:58 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com (HELO mail-wi0-f171.google.com) (209.85.212.171) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:46:45 +0000 Received: by wibhm2 with SMTP id hm2so3656443wib.2 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:46:44 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com designates 10.216.138.14 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.216.138.14; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com designates 10.216.138.14 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.216.138.14]) by 10.216.138.14 with SMTP id z14mr7418065wei.7.1330357604458 (num_hops = 1); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:46:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.138.14 with SMTP id z14mr5902453wei.7.1330357604396; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:46:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.99] (cpc3-cmbg8-0-0-cust629.5-4.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.6.102.118]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id be4sm21286961wib.8.2012.02.27.07.46.42 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:46:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F4BA55D.4070009@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:46:00 -0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The Sweet and Crunchy Cygwin-Talk Maiming Lits Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add scandirat(3) References: <1329864298.3540.2.camel@YAAKOV04> <20120224130951.GA19218@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20120224130951.GA19218@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00007.txt.bz2 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. cheers, DaveK