unix fds and dictionary entries

[Thiago Macieira]

Em Quinta-feira 21 Janeiro 2010, às 23:45:38, Ryan Lortie escreveu:
> hi.
> 
> just a quick question that i need answered for sake of GVariant/DBus
> compatibility:
> 
> is it intentional that a unix fd can be used as a key in a dictionary
> entry?  that seems a little bit odd.

Why not?

The constraint for a dictionary entry key is that it be a basic type. File 
descriptors can be copied easily, so they are technically a basic type.

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