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That removes the reaping on timeout.

It isn't there because I never have to think about such things. But again, putting it back and wrapping it in a function, is hardly onerous.

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Re^10: fork - alarm - output
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 08, 2010 at 23:06 UTC
    It wasn't about whether it's onerous to fix or not, it was about whether the OP would notice it or not.
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      You did. You think he might not?

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        I would not have had to ask the question, so it's moot that I noticed.
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