[Haskell-cafe] why isn't the thread blocked?

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On 2008 Aug 16, at 12:22, Changying Li wrote:
> test.hs: /tmp/b: hGetChar: end of file
>
> test.hs: /tmp/c: hGetChar: end of file
>
>
> I think the thread will be blocked when /tmp/b has nothing.
> but it get EOF, why ?


Because FIFOs are odd.  Open them for read/write to avoid unexpected  
EOFs and unexpected blocking.

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