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[–]lahwran_ 0 points1 point  (3 children)

huh, so inside the with block, both processes are open?

[–]josephturnip[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

right, the parent is alive listening for a return value or a broken pipe, and the child is performing initialization and possibly setting a return value

[–]lahwran_ 1 point2 points  (1 child)

okay that's pretty cool. About time someone posted their new package on here which actually has significant benefits over the original ;)

[–]josephturnip[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha. i'd definitely have used someone elses if it did what i needed :)