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On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:10:35 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Austin.
> 
> I think we should put the write loop into a separate function and reuse
> it.

I could go either way on this, unless there is somewhere else the code
is actually needed at the moment.

> 
> Also, does it make sense to add a retry counter to prevent infinite loop
> if write keeps returning 0?

I wonder about this too. Is this possibility ignorable Austin?

d