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check whether all exec* calls can be posix_spawn #166

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opened 2024-03-21 18:38:02 +00:00 by pennae · 0 comments

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posix_spawn is already used on macos, and it very much exists on linux. check whether we can replace all exec call with posix_spawn for consistency and to reduce the number of fork/exec dance we'll have to optimizie ourselves in the future.

`posix_spawn` is already used on macos, and it very much exists on linux. check whether we can replace all exec call with posix_spawn for consistency and to reduce the number of fork/exec dance we'll have to optimizie ourselves in the future.

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