add interruptible stdin hint to docs - #377
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| impossible to interrupt such operations directly. This pattern extends to other similar blocking operations that behave | ||
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| The solution is to delegate the blocking operation to a separate thread and use a [channel](../streaming/channels.md) |
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Awesome that you remembered - thanks! :) Maybe it would also be good to mention why the thread needs to be manually created, not Ox-managed (that is, not created through fork)?
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| Note that for better stdin performance, you can use `Channel.buffered` instead of a rendezvous channel, or even use | ||
| `java.lang.System.in` directly and proxy raw data through the channel. Keep in mind that this solution leaks a thread | ||
| that will remain blocked on stdin for the lifetime of the application. It's possible to avoid this trade-off by using | ||
| libraries that employ JNI/JNA to access stdin, such as JLine 3, which can use raw mode with non-blocking or |
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meaning how to use jline3 or how it uses raw mode with O_NONBLOCKING or VTIME=1?
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just a link to JLine 3 - maybe an appropriate docs page, or anything that would help people use it in a project
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@adamw done |
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