What's a good prototype for write(2)?
Stephen J. Friedl
friedl at vsi.COM
Tue Oct 25 18:10:30 AEST 1988
What is a proper prototype for write(2)? It would have to
be one of:
extern int write(int, const void *, unsigned);
or
extern int write(int, const void *, int);
both of which are wrong in some respect. I've seen
the first used, but how does this deal with a successful
write very near the maximum unsigned value? The return
would then appear to be negative.
Steve
P.S. - I know that write(2) is not specified in the dpANS.
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