From: Run Paint Run Run <runrun@...>
Date: 2010-11-03T19:05:51+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:33034] Re: [Ruby 1.9-Feature#4015] File::DIRECT Constant for O_DIRECT

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 00:19, Run Paint Run Run <redmine@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
>
>> * Prefix the constant name with the platform name, e.g. File::LINUX_DIRECT, so as to clearly indicate that the code is not portable.
>
> What happens when, for example, FreeBSD implements it?

According to http://goo.gl/Y6wF9 it already does, actually; OpenBSD
(http://goo.gl/5pXnR), Mac (http://goo.gl/Ru57H), and Solaris
(http://goo.gl/6QNsl) don't.