[c++-pthreads] cancellation points report failure

[David Abrahams]

Ted Baker <baker at cs.fsu.edu> writes:

> If I'm confused, enlighten me.
>
> How are you going to implement this version of
> read() that raises the exeption?
>
> The only way I know is to create a wrapper for the C-language
> read() function (or the corresponding system call trap), check the
> return value and if it is negative, throw the exception.

IIUC, you're still being confused in the same way... but I'll let
Nathan explain himself because, who knows, maybe it's me that's
confused after all? 

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Dave Abrahams
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