Yes, they are.
As for the assumption in "Assuming 1 is standard output ...", if fd's 1 & 2 have been already closed & opened to some other fd's (before redirection), would fd's 1 & 2 still work for the purpose (of redirection after being redirected)?
In reply to Re^6: how to supress stdout
by parv
in thread how to supress stdout
by chuckd
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