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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Trust me. You're arguing for clearly broken behaviour. malloc() and
> friends MUST NOT open file descriptors. It _will_ break programs that
> rely on traditional and documented features.

Indeed; STDIN_FILENO and friends are constants...

-- 
Jeff Garzik      | The difference between America and England is that
Building 1024    | the English think 100 miles is a long distance and
MandrakeSoft     | the Americans think 100 years is a long time.
                 |      (random fortune)
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