Don't interpret unix.Pwrite()'s return value in case of errors - #355
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The way pwrite() is defined in POSIX, there is no mechanism for returning both a size and an error. It's only either one of those. It looks like golang.org/x/sys does not explicitly return a length of zero in case of errors. Reported by: Gregory Giecold in #159
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The way pwrite() is defined in POSIX, there is no mechanism for returning both a size and an error. It's only either one of those. It looks like golang.org/x/sys does not explicitly return a length of zero in case of errors.
Reported by: Gregory Giecold in #159