This is mentioned in &quot;Unix system programming in Object Caml&quot;* in section 4.5.  The solution given in the book is wrap the function call in a try...with.  It doesn&#39;t feel right to me either, but I don&#39;t know if there is a better alternative.<br>
<br>*<a href="http://ocamlunix.forge.ocamlcore.org/">http://ocamlunix.forge.ocamlcore.org/</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Paolo Donadeo <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:p.donadeo@gmail.com">p.donadeo@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">It&#39;s a known pitfall. Read this discussion of some months ago:<br>
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