Sendfile in erlang

[Sean Hinde]

> Any time I see an API I want to put a decent intepreter on top of it.
> It makes a very powerful combination.
>
>
>> Maybe it would be more polite to behave like gen_tcp:send instead
>> and make sure all data is sent, or else return an error.
>
> Having seen Sean's reply I don't want to put a damper on that as he
> has real use for it. OTOH, I would be ok with libc/system call
> semantics, see above...

Maybe this is what the OTP team also decide, or some combination of 
direct/indirect mapping. I have great faith in their ability to make 
these things consistent :-)

Sean