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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:29:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> Given we will never have 2^32 socket types, and in a sense this is part
> of the type why not just use
> 
> 	socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, ...)

Ok, I have to admit that I find this very appealing. It looks much 
cleaner, but perhaps more importantly, it also looks both readable _and_ 
easier to use for the user-space programmer.

		Linus