Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 9/10]: Define clone3() syscall

[H. Peter Anvin]

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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