Re: [PATCH] Add scandirat(3)

On Feb 27 15:46, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 24/02/2012 13:09, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Feb 21 16:44, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> >> scandirat(3) was added in glibc-2.15[1] and has supposedly been proposed
> >> for addition to POSIX.1[2].  Patch attached.
> >>
> >>
> >> Yaakov
> >>
> >> [1] http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS
> >> [2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/2419
> >> [...]
> > 
> > Is it just me or do others have the same feeling that the function name
> > is a bit... unfortunate.  When I read this patch proposal the first time
> > I thought something like "scan-di-rat?  What the heck does *that* mean?
> > 
> > A couple of days later I still tend to pronounce it "scan-di-rat" rather
> > than "scan-dir-at", and I have serious doubts that I will adapt...
> 
>   'slike a sugar mouse, but bigger.  'scandirat.

I likes candy...

Corinna