From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-08 10:42:36
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:29:17 -0700, Jonathan Turkanis
<technews_at_[hidden]> > Here are the names I've thought of:
>
> good: good, is_good
> eof: eof, is_eof
> fail: fail, eagain, is_eagain, would_block, should_retry
I like "good" and "eof" as they are familiar from "native" iostreams
and seem to map well to the asynchronous case. I think fail is
perhaps too strong in this context however, and eagain is too
"unix-y". My preference for this property would be "would_block".
-- Caleb Epstein caleb dot epstein at gmail dot com