Re: [PATCH 6/8] fchmodat: don’t mishandle AT_EMPTY_PATH

Paul Eggert wrote:
> > Btw, since you are renaming parameters 'int flag' to 'int flags', how
> > about also renaming 'int dir' to 'int dirfd' ?
> 
> I tend to avoid 'int dirfd', as that can cause confusion with the POSIX 
> dirfd function.

I see. Thanks for explaining. (But the dirfd function is from <dirent.h>,
whereas the *at functions are from <sys/stat.h> or <unistd.h>, quite far away.)

> So I've been using 'int dfd' instead. Perhaps rename to 
> that, when there's time and opportunity?

Better not. I find 'dfd' a bit cryptic.

Bruno