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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/std/std.zig | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/std/std.zig b/lib/std/std.zig index e02be2ebaf..5b0963ba20 100644 --- a/lib/std/std.zig +++ b/lib/std/std.zig @@ -167,6 +167,22 @@ pub const options = struct { options_override.crypto_always_getrandom else false; + + /// By default Zig disables SIGPIPE by setting a "no-op" handler for it. Set this option + /// to `true` to prevent that. + /// + /// Note that we use a "no-op" handler instead of SIG_IGN because it will not be inherited by + /// any child process. + /// + /// SIGPIPE is triggered when a process attempts to write to a broken pipe. By default, SIGPIPE + /// will terminate the process instead of exiting. It doesn't trigger the panic handler so in many + /// cases it's unclear why the process was terminated. By capturing SIGPIPE instead, functions that + /// write to broken pipes will return the EPIPE error (error.BrokenPipe) and the program can handle + /// it like any other error. + pub const keep_sigpipe: bool = if (@hasDecl(options_override, "keep_sigpipe")) + options_override.keep_sigpipe + else + false; }; // This forces the start.zig file to be imported, and the comptime logic inside that |