Looks like Linux will get process descriptors, like FreeBSD, hopefully soon http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/638613/a65ddf28d560a885/ …
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Replying to @justincormack
@justincormack *sigh* yet another nonportable solution to a problem already trivially solved with threads...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RichFelker
@RichFelker being able to pass a process descriptor to another process to wait on is useful...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @justincormack
@justincormack Yes, I agree it has some useful properties, and if it's widely adopted in a non-OS-specific manner I'm not opposed.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RichFelker
@justincormack The Linux API as documented on LWN is awful though. clone4, ugly struct with wrong types, etc...2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@justincormack And just needing to use clone4() directly precludes using the feature with posix_spawn & other APIs that returns pids.
8:57 AM - 2 Apr 2015
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