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POSIX compatibility > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/open.html https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/op... > Th

by mjmas 3mo ago

POSIX compatibility > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/open.html https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/op... > The open() function shall return a file descriptor for the named file that is the lowest file descriptor not currently open for that process.

duped 3mo ago
Firstly, standards compliance is bad when the standard is bad. Secondly nothing precludes defining '3' as the lowest file descriptor for open(), since stdin/stdout/stderr cannot be opened (they are opened before the process starts). nb4 open("/dev/stdin"), that's not what I mean