On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 10:07 AM Daniel Colascione <dancol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Next, I want to merge my exithand proposal, or something like it. It's > likewise a simple change that, in a minimal way, addresses a > longstanding API deficiency. I'm very strongly against the > POLLERR-on-directory variant of the idea. Can you explain why you don't like POLLERR-on-a-directory? I'm not saying that POLLERR-on-a-directory is fantastic, but I'd like to understand what your objection is.