On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> >
> > My personal opinion is that having a different set of flags is more
> > confusing
>
> How is it confusing? And who is it confusing for?
It's confusing because
- it's just more flags to keep track of
- it's all the same issues that clone() has
- it's an opportunity for future incoherence
> It will potentially require kernel developers to think for just
> a moment about what is going on. But why care about them --
> they don't have to *use* this interface; userland programmers do.
All the confusion is equally a userland issue, don't try to just enforce
your own opinions as somehow being "facts" by repeating them over and over
again.
Linus
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