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Re: [PATCH] libfshelp: keep stdin and stdout open
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Thomas Bushnell BSG |
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Re: [PATCH] libfshelp: keep stdin and stdout open |
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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:29:28 -0700 |
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 21:18 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
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> I'd agree on the principle to not leave a nul port for stdin/stdout,
> any other opinion on this?
I disagree. Translators don't have such ports, and making them null
encourages programs to write on them, possibly expecting that the output
will go somewhere.
It seems to me that the lispy translator should do itself whatever
special work is needed if the lisp system demands the ports be open. It
is a bug in the lisp system, in fact, if it just crashes in those cases.
Thomas