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Re: Non-blocking open-network-stream


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Non-blocking open-network-stream
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:04:19 -0500

> > > !   non_blocking = (NILP (non_blocking) ? Qnil : Qt);
> > > ! #ifdef NON_BLOCKING_CONNECT
> > > !   is_non_blocking = !NILP (non_blocking);
> > > ! #else
> > > !   is_non_blocking = 0;
> > > ! #endif
> > 
> > Wouldn't non_blocking_p be a more lispy name? :-)
> Yes - but is_non_blocking is not a lisp object :-)

Actually the answer was `no'.  The `p' postfix stands for `predicate'.
A predicate is not a mere boolean value but a function that returns a boolean.


        Stefan




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