That's exactly what sever does once eof has propagated through the orphaned stream.
On 7 January 2011 00:26, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote: > On 2011-01-06 14:55, Kris Buelens wrote: > >> >> And, the number of streams in general is unlimited (or seems to be). >> >> Except insofar as the stream name is limited to 4 characters? > > But, related question: Just because I'm compulsive, or fastidious, > or something, is there a way to discard a stream when I'm > done with it? > > I'm thinking about a scheme (possibly in a loop. Yah, I know; > non-pipethink) like: > > ADDSTREAM > ADDPIPE > ( do stuff ) > SEVER /* is the pipe completely gone now? */ > DELETESTREAM /* Leave no tracks. */ > > Thanks, > gil >