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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Make read_in_full() and write_in_full() consistent with
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:23:39 -0700
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Heikki Orsila <heikki.orsila@iki.fi> writes:

> Requesting comments on the following patch.
>
> xread() and xwrite() return ssize_t values as their native POSIX
> counterparts. To be consistent, read_in_full() and write_in_full()
> should also return ssize_t values.

I guess this change would not hurt.