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		magicalhippo on Nov 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A programmer-friendly I/O abstraction over io_urin... Just curious, what's the use-case for this?

amluto on Nov 24, 2022 [–]

Any library that is supposed to leave a socket or other handle in the same state in which it got it.

magicalhippo on Nov 24, 2022 | [–]

Yeah I suppose. Not used to such libraries, the ones I've used either control the creation of the handle or take ownership.

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