Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C
Geoff Clare <[email protected]>
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The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 17/08/2026 13:44, Geoff Clare wrote: >> >> Quoting from the SUS at the previously-given URL: >> >> To effect a poll, the application shall ensure that the timeout >> argument for poll() is 0, or for ppoll() is not a null pointer and >> points to a zero-valued timespec structure. >> > Poll means head you know. As in poll tax, Red poll cattle > > I am very uncertain in this contex that it means what you think it means Well, the context is computing and https://foldoc.org/poll says: poll To check the status of an input line, sensor, or memory location to see if a particular external event has been registered. -- Geoff Clare <[email protected]>