12) change signature of read/write to have len_out as out param, and to return error code (== EAGAIN on unsucessful read) - DECIDED at GGF16 - is that _really_ the right way? - OPEN, URGENT At last GGF we discussed that issue - sorry for re-opening it. My issue with the issue is, that this would be (almost) the only place where we return an error code. Also, returning an error code dviates from the POSIX version of read, which would flag an error with a negative return value. Sorry, I could not convince myself to change that in the spec - hence this opinion poll on the mailing list: (A) read (in int len_in, in char* buffer, out int len_out, out int error); error is an enum, like EAGAIN, EINTR etc, see man (2) read. Similar signature for other I/O calls (B) read (in int len_in, in char* buffer, out int retval); retval is the length of data read if positive, and flags error if negative, with definitions for EAGAIN, EINTR etc. Yes, that semantically overloads a return value. If no (other) votes come in, that issue will be marked solved with (A) as decided in Athens. I vote (B). Cheers, Andre. -- "So much time, so little to do..." -- Garfield