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wait_reading_process_output duplication
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> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 10:45:53 +0100
> From: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
>
> Looks like these two blocks are duplicated in
> wait_reading_process_output in process.c:
>
> 5628 #ifdef WINDOWSNT
> 5629 /* FIXME: Is this special case still needed? */
> 5630 /* Note that we cannot distinguish between no input
> 5631 available now and a closed pipe.
> 5632 With luck, a closed pipe will be accompanied by
> 5633 subprocess termination and SIGCHLD. */
> 5634 else if (nread == 0 && !NETCONN_P (proc) && !SERIALCONN_P (proc)
> 5635 && !PIPECONN_P (proc))
> 5636 ;
> 5637 #endif
>
> 5664 /* If we can detect process termination, don't consider the
> 5665 process gone just because its pipe is closed. */
> 5666 else if (nread == 0 && !NETCONN_P (proc) && !SERIALCONN_P (proc)
> 5667 && !PIPECONN_P (proc))
> 5668 ;
>
> Can the first be deleted?
Yes. (The second was originally conditioned on SIGCHLD, which is why
it was separate.)
Thanks.
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