Process (NSTask) fileHandleForReading readabilityHandler closure not being called on Linux

When compiling the following code in macOS it runs and gives output.

import Foundation

let runloop = RunLoop.current

let process = Process()
process.launchPath = "/bin/echo"
process.arguments = ["hello world"]

let output = Pipe()
process.standardOutput = output

output.fileHandleForReading.readabilityHandler = { fileHandle in
    let data = fileHandle.availableData
    print("received data: (data.count)")
    print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? "")
}

print("starting")
process.launch()

while runloop.run(mode: .default, before: Date(timeIntervalSinceNow: 2)) { }

JavaScript
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import Foundation​let runloop = RunLoop.current​let process = Process()process.launchPath = "/bin/echo"process.arguments = ["hello world"]​let output = Pipe()process.standardOutput = output​output.fileHandleForReading.readabilityHandler = { fileHandle in    let data = fileHandle.availableData    print("received data: (data.count)")    print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? "")}​print("starting")process.launch()​while runloop.run(mode: .default, before: Date(timeIntervalSinceNow: 2)) { }​

output:

received data: 12
hello worldn

JavaScript
 
received data: 12hello worldn​

But when I compile and run this in a Ubuntu Swift docker image (Swift version 5.0.1), the readabilityHandler closure doesn’t get called at all.

Answer

This appears to be fixed in the swift:latest Docker image (5.1.4 at the time of writing). It looks like readabilityHandler was implemented in Linux and merged in the run-up to Swift 5.1.

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