Proposal: add createPipe to base

[Michael Snoyman]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Ian Lynagh <igloo at earth.li> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 02:32:06PM +0200, Michael Snoyman wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Johan Tibell <johan.tibell at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > I propose we add it to System.IO. Note that we'd have to copy the 5
> lines
> > > in System.Posix.IO.createPipe into base as the above implementation
> would
> > > otherwise depend on the unix package.
> > >
> > +1. I've needed this in the past when working with process, and ended up
> > writing POSIX-only code as a result.
>
> Would it make more sense to put it in process, and thus avoid needing to
> copy/move code into base?
>
>
>
I have no opinion on where it should go, process would be fine with me.

Michael
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