os: please clarify the purpose of Process.Release method #36534
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What version of Go are you using (
go version
)?Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?
Yes indeed.
What operating system and processor architecture are you using (
go env
)?linux on amd64
What did you do?
Run the code below:
What did you expect to see?
The documentation of Process.Release states:
It leaves a false impression that caller should invoke
Release()
if the caller does not intend to consume the process exit status - "... only needs to be called if Wait is not", even though doing so leaves a zombie process on the system.Please clarify that
Release()
is not intended to replaceWait()
at all in the function's description.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: