>>>> "nix" == nix
<nix(a)esperi.demon.co.uk> writes:
nix> OK, so code that calls PROCESS_LIVE_P is asking two different
nix> questions in two different places.
nix> In create_process(), read_process_output(), and
nix> set_process_filter(), the question being asked is `can I get
nix> data from this subprocess) (what the original definition
nix> said). This may well be possible if the process has done some
nix> output that isn't yet read, and then died.
nix> In delete_process(), kill_buffer_processes(), and
nix> process-live-p itself, the question is `can I send signals to
nix> this process' or `is this process still running in the OS'.
nix> I think we need two #defines; PROCESS_LIVE_P() as defined in
nix> 21.4.7, and PROCESS_INPUTTABLE_P (crap name though).
How about
PROCESS_READABLE_P
instead?
nix> I'll roll a patch that does that.
nix> Sorry for the inconvenience.
nix> --
nix> `Blueshifters were moving away... Redshifters were moving in...'
nix> --- Justina Robson, _Mappa Mundi_, with startling new
nix> evidence for the gib gnab hypothesis
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