Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd]

[Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () center osis gov>]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 08:31:03PM +0400, ark () eltex ru wrote:
> Hmm actually i still think that handling partial write of, say, 1024 byte buffer
> as socket error does not break things. It is bad style, though, and should be
> avoided.

Handling a partial write as an error is more than bad style.  It is
itself an error.  The defined return value of write(2) is -1 or the
number of bytes written.  It is not guaranteed to be oneof(-1,n).

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Joe Yao                         jsdy () center osis gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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