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Last update: 1997-05-20
9945-1-90 #44
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Topic: creat() - share certain traits l 341-344
Relevant Sections: 8.2.3
Classification: No Change required.
Defect Report:
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Chapter 8 of POSIX.1 lists the functions required from the C
Standard, required as part of POSIX.1 with the C Language
Binding. Section 8.1 lines 25-29 specify the particular
input/output functions required. Section 8.2 lines 193-198
state that functions from the C standard which "creat[e] a
file shall do so as if they called the creat() function"
with specified flags. Section 8.2.3 lines 341-345 describe
that each function operating on a stream has "underlying
functions" which "share certain traits with the underlying
functions, but [do] not require that there be any relation
between the implementations of the stream function and its
underlying functions."
In lines 341-345, what does the term "share certain
traits" mean? The descriptions of the individual
functions list attributes in common with the underlying
functions...is that what is intended?
(Jeremy Epstein)
WG15 response for ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (IEEE Std 1003.1-1990)
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The "underlying functions" are referenced only
with regard to error detection (8.2.3.11). The phrase "share
certain traits" imposes no additional normative requirements
on its own.
Rationale for Interpretation:
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None.
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