On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Shachar Shemesh <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/06/13 15:28, Erez D wrote: > > thanks, > > so i guess if i use unidirectional connection, and the reader does not > expect to get an EOF() > thank i'm safe. > > Why are you so keen on doing it wrong? > > No, you are not safe. If the child process dies because of a segmentation > fault (or whatever), the parent will notice this through the EOF received > (I am assuming here, since you couldn't be bothered with closing a file > descriptor, that you did not install a SIGCHLD handler to monitor for this > possibility). This means that should one process die unexpectedly, the > other will hang forever. > it's not a matter of being bothered. closing a file has it's implications 1. close the file for one thread closes for all 2. what if i want later children using the same pipe, as in all childs write to same pipe read by parent... > Best practices are there for a reason, despite what others here might have > you think. > > Shachar >
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