Re: [PATCH] write.2: Fix a typo within the `ssize_t write` function argument
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: 2024-05-28 10:50:21
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 12:43:21PM GMT, Lukas Javorsky wrote:
Reference: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xsh/write.html I'm adding the patch to the attachment as well because my last patch was a bit problematic with the email.
Hi Lukas,
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---diff --git a/man/man2/write.2 b/man/man2/write.2 index a24cbdc31..e9b7dd739 100644 --- a/man/man2/write.2 +++ b/man/man2/write.2@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Standard C library .nf .B #include <unistd.h> .P -.BI "ssize_t write(int " fd ", const void " buf [. count "], size_t "count ); +.BI "ssize_t write(int " fd ", const void *" buf [. count "], size_t "
No; the current synopsis is intentional:
ssize_t write(int fd, const void buf[.count], size_t count);
buf is an array of void, that is, a void[]. Of course, that's not legal
C, but I made it so that it's consistent with other functions such as
char *strncpy(char dst[restrict .dsize], const char *restrict src,
size_t dsize);
Where dst is an array of char, that is, char[].
Using array notation let's us document the number of elements in the
array.
Have a lovely day!
Alex
count ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .BR write () -- S pozdravom/ Best regards Lukáš Javorský Senior Software Engineer, Core service - Databases Red Hat Purkyňova 115 (TPB-C) 612 00 Brno - Královo Pole ljavorsk@redhat.com
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