Re: Documentation about Multios is misleading, and perhaps untrue

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 1:35 PM Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Bart Schaefer wrote on Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:12 -0700:
> >
> > It's pointless to try to call call out every possible instance where
> > the fundamental semantics of shell operations affect a particular use
> > of the syntax.
>
> I won't disagree with such a broad statement, but on the other hand, I
> don't think "We shouldn't document this because this is how the OS
> limitations force us to implement the shell" is a useful stance, either.

I won't disagree with your statement, either, but I don't think it
actually applies here.  This doesn't have anything to do with OS
limitations, it's just the way shells work.  It's the way redirection
works in ALL shells.  This is application documentation, not a
UNIX/Linux/HURD/Darwin tutorial, and I think it's a waste of our time
to attempt to be the latter.

Furthermore, I think this IS documented, and was even before
workers/43672, if one considers the examples in context rather than
taking them literally.