site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=cs.duke.edu; s=mail; t=1236783226; bh=9opZde+pH5nfpC8WR4I6kJzI9F31JHVKaq+fNZjAUQw=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=U7X3eiUxApMt MyG2l/Pej+GVGrYWFRY2sWqd1+ax6Sfdc9ipd3exCG4DuGQPxdVu36jp1OdVMicvHHx 5gM4jGFexjK88Eo2qLA8eFf/OocCOWdwu9N9M/nAsI4JBkwuhnLx2oEpLthI+AfPHJ6 barSv+y/UcFksIn/DF1hS//IM= User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) "restrict" is a C99 keyword that specifies that the referenced pointers to the function must not be aliased (point to the same memory location). This enables additional compiler optimizations. See http://www.cellperformance.com/mike_acton/2006/05/demystifying_the_restrict_... I think having that information in the man page is helpful. Drew _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... Stéphane Sudre wrote: Is it a bug that the __restrict option is written behind the name of every parameters of the posix_spawn and posix_spawnp prototypes in the man page? It might be better readable without the "restrict" word. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com