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From: Zoltan Hidvegi <hzoli@cs.elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: Reliable zsh-3.0.0 core dump
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> } While testing this I
> } also discovered that pipe synchronization was really necessary.
> 
> Can you say a bit about why (and maybe add a comment to the code!)?

I cannot unfortunately.  I just saw oddly suspended by tty output less
processes at the end of pipes which was caused by this.  I had no time to
investigate it further.  I'm very busy at the moment with some non-zsh work
here (I have to set up several machines this week).

Zoltan