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-"""
-Defines the Fifo class
-
-This fifo allows simple communication between a remote poezio
-and a local computer, with ssh+cat.
-"""
-
-import logging
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-import os
-import threading
-
-class OpenTrick(threading.Thread):
-    """
-    A threaded trick to make the open for writing succeed.
-    A fifo cannot be opened for writing if it has not been
-    yet opened by the other hand for reading.
-    So, we just open the fifo for reading and we do not close
-    it afterwards, because if the other reader disconnects,
-    we will receive a SIGPIPE. And we do not want that.
-
-    (we never read anything from it, obviously)
-    """
-    def __init__(self, path):
-        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
-        self.path = path
-        self.fd = None
-
-    def run(self):
-        self.fd = open(self.path, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
-
-
-class Fifo(object):
-    """
-    Just a simple file handler, writing and reading in a fifo.
-    Mode is either 'r' or 'w', just like the mode for the open()
-    function.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, path, mode):
-        self.trick = None
-        if not os.path.exists(path):
-            os.mkfifo(path)
-        if mode == 'w':
-            self.trick = OpenTrick(path)
-            # that thread will wait until we open it for writing
-            self.trick.start()
-        self.fd = open(path, mode, encoding='utf-8')
-
-    def write(self, data):
-        """
-        Try to write on the fifo. If that fails, this means
-        that nothing has that fifo opened, so the writing is useless,
-        so we just return (and display an error telling that, somewhere).
-        """
-        self.fd.write(data)
-        self.fd.flush()
-
-    def readline(self):
-        "Read a line from the fifo"
-        return self.fd.readline()
-
-    def __del__(self):
-        "Close opened fds"
-        try:
-            self.fd.close()
-            if self.trick:
-                self.trick.fd.close()
-        except:
-            log.error('Unable to close descriptors for the fifo',
-                      exc_info=True)