•Re: Re: Don't wait: waitpid. Why?

[merlyn]

No, I often want to wait for any currently dead kids, not all kids whether they are dead at the moment or not, like in the top loop of a main event handler.

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[Abigail-II]

Ah, I see. I thought you wanted to wait till all children had finished.

Abigail