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On 20/01/2026 17:27, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>> But if you think that concern is unfounded, certainly just opening it once and
>>> reusing will simplify.
>> I would just keep it simple here, yes. If this ever becomes a real problem, my
>> intuition would tell me that probably the caller is doing something unsupported
>> that we just cannot easily identify+reject.
> Yeah fair enough.

Cool, will make the fd a global as well then.

- Kevin