From: Chris Hanson <org/chris-hanson/cph>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 01:23:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix bug: don't signal an error when the type of a file handle can't be
X-Git-Tag: 20090517-FFI~5793
X-Git-Url: https://birchwood-abbey.net/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3c9005b0c02b80424a867d2ee48a7ead450d51f1;p=mit-scheme.git

Fix bug: don't signal an error when the type of a file handle can't be
determined.  Instead, just treat it like a pipe, which is
operationally the least common denominator.
---

diff --git a/v7/src/microcode/os2io.c b/v7/src/microcode/os2io.c
index fe7845ee7..5d5a11091 100644
--- a/v7/src/microcode/os2io.c
+++ b/v7/src/microcode/os2io.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*-C-*-
 
-$Id: os2io.c,v 1.4 1995/04/28 06:45:37 cph Exp $
+$Id: os2io.c,v 1.5 1995/11/03 01:23:41 cph Exp $
 
 Copyright (c) 1994-95 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ handle_channel_type (LHANDLE handle)
 	    return (channel_type_unnamed_pipe);
 	}
       }
-  OS2_error_anonymous ();
-  return (channel_type_unknown);
+  /* Anything that can't be recognized should be treated as a pipe.
+     This is safe since pipes aren't assumed to have any special
+     properties.  */
+  return (channel_type_unnamed_pipe);
 }
 
 static void