Re: [PATCH 1/3] gcc: Add missing parentheses around ternary operator

On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 05:55:04PM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
 >   | I mean, the other reason it's harmless is that O_NOCTTY doesn't
 >   | actually do anything.
 > 
 > Oh, that I didn't know ... and I admit to not bothering to check.
 > I just assumed that if a process with no controlling tty opened a
 > tty device with that flag set, that terminal wouldn't become its
 > controlling tty.
 > 
 > If we don't implement that, is there any reason?

Yeah, as you see it's the default. I don't remember the details any
more, or whether it was a bsd vs. sysv thing or what, but AFAICR the
other open behavior where it's needed was old and basically deprecated
even in the 90s.

 > ps; I am aware it is not a POSIX defined flag.

I thought the reason we had it at all is that it _is_ in POSIX...

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