process: Confusion about UseHandle handles being closed.
Bertram Felgenhauer
bertram.felgenhauer at googlemail.com
Sat Nov 29 18:24:05 UTC 2014
Henning Thielemann wrote:
>
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2014, Michael Snoyman wrote:
>
> >1. Add clear documentation to `createProcess` indicating that it will close the `Handle` automatically.
> >2. Add a new function to be exported from `System.Process` with the semantics of `createProcess_`. I'm open
> >to bikeshedding on the name, but perhaps sticking with `createProcess_` makes the most sense.
>
> I think the cleanest solution would be to add a new field (e.g. leaveOpen)
> to the CreateProcess record.
Wouldn't it be more natural to add a new constructor to the StdStream
type? Naming it could be tricky, though. ShareHandle, perhaps?
Cheers,
Bertram
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