Why doesn't _IO_do_write in fileops.c check for EINTR?

[George T. Talbot]

Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> 
> "George T. Talbot" <george@moberg.com> writes:
> 
> > Might a better sequence in (for example) _IO_do_write() look like this:
> >
> >   do {
> >     count = _IO_SYSWRITE (fp, data, to_do);
> >   } while ((count == (_IO_size_t) -1) && (errno == EINTR));
> 
> No.  The write functions must be able to time out.  Setting alarm()
> and try writing, returning after a while because the device does not
> respond.  Leave libio as it is.

OK...my next question is, does basic_fstream<> do what you're saying here, or
will it get confused when _IO_SYSWRITE() fails do to EINTR?

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George T. Talbot
<george at moberg dot com>