27 Apr
2012
27 Apr
'12
11:54 p.m.
On 04/26/2012 11:25 AM, Roland McGrath wrote:
What I'd really prefer is a name that is less meaninglessly arcane,
Since people are used to the string "stat", and since this is about getting related attributes, how about using the string "statr"? Thus "statrat" could be the syscall that acts like fstatat, but gets related attributes too.
A bonus of this name is that a "stat rat" is slang for someone who loves looking at statistics, often sports statistics. Billy Beane is a stat rat. Someone who cares about files' statistics is also a stat rat.
The "r" in "statrat" could stand for "related", or for "relevant", or for whatever you like.