revised question

Linda Stanberry (linda@k2.llnl.gov)
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:49:24 -0700 (PDT)

Let me revise my question to ask, why is the type of the fh arg to some
of the FILE RW functions IN? I'm thinking that the INOUT designation
indicates that the object for which fh is the handle can have updated
state for most of the RW operations, and that is the motivation for the
INOUT designation. But if that is so, then it seems that could be the
case for each of the operations since an implementation is free to
cache state information associated with any RW operation in the object
for which fh is the handle.

I do find it somewhat disconcerting (as a user) that this arg to the RW
ops does not have the same designation for all RW ops.

Linda Stanberry
lstanberry@llnl.gov