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Re: stderr vs. STDERR_FILENO

Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:

> (2) stderr freopen'd (and not attached to fd 2)

stderr freopen'd means it is still attached to fd 2.

> The only argument I can see is that if the runtime is screwed up, writing
> to fd 2 is more likely to get some output to the terminal than writing to
> stderr.  However, that's not nearly as important as the risk of writing to
> a random file descriptor.

I don't regard fd 2 as random, it has a well defined meaning.  If you
relocate fd 2 you'll probably get more problems anyway.

> If you're not persuaded, I can agree to disagree.

So do I.

Andreas.

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