From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2003-12-09T21:52:36+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR - 'struct flock*' wrapper for rb_io_fcntl

Hi,

In message "Re: RCR - 'struct flock*' wrapper for rb_io_fcntl"
    on 03/12/09, nobu.nokada@softhome.net <nobu.nokada@softhome.net> writes:

|> |Rather, wouldn't IO#lock/lock? methods be better?
|> 
|> I don't think so.  They would be confusing with IO#flock.
|
|Then, how about replacing IO#flock by fcntl()?

Can you be more specific?  Removing IO#flock?  Or something else?

I think flock cannot be replaced by fcntl, because on most platform,
flock(2) and file lock by fcntl(2) are independent.  IO#flock should
be implemented by flock(2) to ensure interoperability.

							matz.