Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- From: Nix <nix esperi org uk>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland hack frob com>
- Cc: linux-cifs vger kernel org, linux-nfs vger kernel org, nautilus-list gnome org, libc-alpha sourceware org, kfm-devel kde org, wine-devel winehq org, samba-technical lists samba org, David Howells <dhowells redhat com>, linux-api vger kernel org, linux-fsdevel vger kernel org, linux-ext4 vger kernel org
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:21:08 +0100
On 26 Apr 2012, Roland McGrath verbalised:
>> fileinfoat() perhaps? I think stat*at() is better, though, as people are
>> used to the stat function family.
>
> Names like that were all I had thought of when I said I hadn't thought of
> any good ones. ;-)
Quite. It's a garden-path function name. "What's a foat and why would I
want to put a file in one?"
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