m. allan noah writes:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:53 AM, Olaf Meeuwissen
> <olaf.meeuwissen at avasys.jp> wrote:
>> Olaf Meeuwissen writes:
>>
>>
>> So my question really boils down to whether backends must/should close
>> any file descriptors opened as a result of calling sane_get_devices().
>>
>> Thoughts, anyone?
>
> My backends closes the device at the end of their attach routine, for
> exactly this reason. I would say that backends must do this, but I
> doubt that is written down anywhere for authors to read.
I'd expect such information with the specification for sane_get_devices.
There is none and as far as I can remember there is nothing elsewhere
either.
Hope this helps,
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