Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:03:28 +0900 | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 9/10]: Define clone3() syscall |
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On 10/22/2009 04:44 AM, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: >> >> "3" is number of arguments. > > To me, it is a version number. > > mmap() and mmap2() both have 6 parameters. >
You keep bringing this up. mmap2() is (a) a non-user-visible call; (b) an exception (a mistake, if you want.)
> Besides if wait4() were born before wait3(), would it still be wait4() :-)
Yes. wait3() came before wait4(), but there never was a wait2().
> But I see that it is hard to get one-convention-that-fits-all. > >> It's better than "extended" or something >> like that simply because "extended" just means "more than", and a number >> at least tells you *how much more than*. > > And extended assumes we wont extend again.
Exactly.
-hpa
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