On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 15:08 +0200, Marc Lehmann wrote: [...] > Reading standards is notoriously difficult, I admit. The behaviour of read > is specified to read the requested number of bytes, if possible. > > The standard gives an exception list where applications can deviate from > the behaviour and read less. [...] "Implementations may support additional errors not included in this list, may generate errors included in this list under circumstances other than those described here, or may contain extensions or limitations that prevent some errors from occurring." Please fix your application and give up this argument. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. - Harrison
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