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doc: clarify handle close behavior of uv_spawn

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Contrary to how most handle init functions work, callers of uv_spawn
must always call uv_close, even if it returned an error.
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Ben Noordhuis 2026-03-11 20:55:16 +01:00
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@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ API
Initializes the process handle and starts the process. If the process is
successfully spawned, this function will return 0. Otherwise, the
negative error code corresponding to the reason it couldn't spawn is
returned.
returned. Note that either way you must eventually call :c:func:`uv_close`
to close the handle again.
Possible reasons for failing to spawn would include (but not be limited to)
the file to execute not existing, not having permissions to use the setuid or