On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:39:22 +0000 (GMT) Chris Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Sebastian Kapfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > May I ask what the child process is supposed to to > > with a raw ALSA file > > descriptor? AFAICT, developers are supposed to use > > the alsa-lib API, and > > not write to FD's. So the underlying file descriptor > > looks to me like a > > mere implementation detail which 99% of all users > > shouldn't need to care about. > > I consider this situation analogous to the > relationship between file descriptors and FILE* > pointers. By your argument, libc should probably set > the FD_CLOEXEC flag here, too. But it doesn't. Can you explain _why_ this is the case? I can find a use for stdio FD's in the new process either. The exec'd process can't even know which FD corresponds to which file. -- Best Regards, | Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into Sebastian | your ~/.signature to help me spread! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
