Update the manpage to reflect this change.
- Always set the current position to the first null-byte when opening in append
mode. This makes the implementation compatible with glibc's. Update the test
suite.
Reported by: pho
Approved by: cognet
with the user's namespace.
- Correct size and position variables type from long to size_t.
- Do not set errno to ENOMEM on malloc failure, as malloc already does so.
- Implement the concept of "buffer data length", which mandates what SEEK_END
refers to and the allowed extent for a read.
- Use NULL as read-callback if the buffer is opened in write-only mode.
Conversely, use NULL as write-callback when opened in read-only mode.
- Implement the handling of the ``b'' character in the mode argument. A binary
buffer differs from a text buffer (default mode if ``b'' is omitted) in that
NULL bytes are never appended to writes and that the "buffer data length"
equals to the size of the buffer.
- Remove shall from the man page. Use indicative instead. Also, specify that
the ``b'' flag does not conform with POSIX but is supported by glibc.
- Update the regression test so that the ``b'' functionality and the "buffer
data length" concepts are tested.
- Minor style(9) corrections.
Suggested by: jilles
Reviewed by: cognet
Approved by: cognet
