Official request: Please make GNU grep the default

[Daniel Braniss]

> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> 
> >> why would you want to lock a file for reading anyways?
> >
> > Does current bsdgrep read lock by default ?
> > If so, it would be better off by default, enabled by an option.
> > 8.0-RELEASE man grep (gnu) does not mention locking.
> 
> bsdgrep in -current does lock via the call to fgetc().  That is why I 
> suggested using flockfile/getchar_unlocked+/funlockfile instead.  Other 
> unlocked functions would also be useful, i.e., feof_unlocked(). 
> Avoiding fgetc() does not completely solve the speed issue, yet it 
> certainly helps.
> 
> Just for reference:  older bsdgrep used fgetln().

let me rephrase the question:
	why would you want to lock a file for reading anyways??

there is no real benefit that I can see in locking a file for searching
a pattern. On a single file the overhead is irrelevant, but for 'grep -r?'


cheers,
	danny