Re: How to add constructor to the Hurd?

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 03:01 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> At Tue, 2 May 2006 02:03:45 +0200,
> Pierre THIERRY <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Could someone please explain how the constructor would be enabled or
> > implemented in the Hurd? Where would there be additions or
> > modifications?
> 
> I can only tell you about my proposal.  Given how things are right
> now, everybody may have something else in mind (although I suspect
> there are mainly two variations, Jonathans and mine).

If we decide that we want a constructor, I would implement it basically
the same way that we did it in EROS and KeyKOS. It works, so I would
look to change it minimally.

Marcus has suggested some options (example: the voluntary inspection
bit) that seem like a good idea, and these would probably be added.
There are also some cleanup and consolidation changes that I would make,
but nothing very exciting.

shap