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clarification on closing pipe ports

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svn: r15903
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Matthew Flatt 2009-09-07 20:49:35 +00:00
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@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ between different processes.
Returns two port values: the first port is an input port and the
second is an output port. Data written to the output port is read from
the input port, with no intermediate buffering. The ports do not need
to be explicitly closed.
the input port, with no intermediate buffering. Unlike some other
kinds of ports, pipe ports do not need to be explicitly closed to be
reclaimed by @seclink["gc-model"]{garbage collection}.
If @scheme[limit] is @scheme[#f], the new pipe holds an unlimited
number of unread bytes (i.e., limited only by the available