Re: encapsulating directory operations

Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
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POSIX is a language extension; it extends the Library clause of ISO C
with a myriad of new header files, functions, types and macros.
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We can meaningfully talk about a language called "POSIX C",
distinct from ISO C due to (1) a richer Library clause and (2)
certain requirements in POSIX which override certain implementation
liberties in ISO C. E.g. I (may be wrong but I) think that POSIX doesn't
allow int to be 16 bits wide. In other words, POSIX actually has
some language-level requirements in regard to C.

Yes, the current edition of POSIX requires INT_MAX to be at least
2147483647, and CHAR_BIT to be exactly 8.

Library and Language are inseparable.

Depends on what you mean by "inseparable", I suppose.  POSIX is unusual
in its chumminess with the language.

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