linux vs posix (changeset 578).

[Walter Bright]

Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> Hi, I saw Walter added new functions (getgid, getuid and such) to the linux
> module that are POSIX functions[1] on Phobos changeset 578[2].
> 
> Wouldn't be better to create a posix module with all POSIX functionality
> (or event better, a posix package, with the same structure as the standard
> suggests for grouping the functionality, like std.posix.unistd,
> std.posix.fcntl, etc.)? And leave the linux package for Linux specific
> stuff, like epoll, tipc, eventfd, clone, etc.?
> 
> I think D2 is a good place to do that...
> 
> [1] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/unistd.h.html
> [2] http://www.dsource.org/projects/phobos/changeset/578
> 

Yes, it would probably be nice to create a unistd.d. Would you like to 
do it?