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Explicitly state that a spawned process can live longer than its pare… - #4821
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…nt program.
It looks like this particular behaviour is not documented. If you create a long-living process
using Proc::Async, and the main program quits earlier than its child, do we expect it must keep it running?
Current Rakudo behaviour says yes.
Proc::Async.new(
'sleep', '1000'
).start;
Let's add some clarity to the documentation.
The documentation gap discovered while working on ash/rakupp#29
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The problem
Documentation does not explain if the child should overlive its parent here:
Solution provided
Rakudo answers by saying "yes". If you create a long-living process using
Proc::Async, and the main program quits earlier than its child, the child stays alive.Let's add some clarity to the documentation.
The documentation gap discovered while working on ash/rakupp#29