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Bug 536692 - The unix functions
The unix functions
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 555250
Product: vala
Classification: Core
Component: Bindings
0.3.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Jürg Billeter
Vala maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-06-04 21:20 UTC by Maciej (Matthew) Piechotka
Modified: 2008-10-09 21:29 UTC
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Description Maciej (Matthew) Piechotka 2008-06-04 21:20:57 UTC 
Some functions are irreplacable. For example pipe/fork/dup2/exec to call a subprocess with rw stdin/stdout/stderr.

Could support for those call be added?

PS.
The int in certain calls could be replaced with fd type (file descriptor)...
Comment 1 Jürg Billeter 2008-07-30 21:02:33 UTC 
I'd certainly accept patches to add a posix.vapi with bindings to these functions. We can start with a small set of functions and extend it on demand.
Comment 2 Maciej (Matthew) Piechotka 2008-08-03 09:15:23 UTC 
Should it be autogenerated?

If yes:
1. From what source?
2. Should it be heavily fixed (i.e. int -> FileDescriptor).
Comment 3 Jürg Billeter 2008-08-03 20:10:27 UTC 
I don't think that it would make sense to generate the bindings. We should also not invent types that don't exist in the C library if not necessary.
Comment 4 Jürg Billeter 2008-10-09 21:29:15 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 555250 ***