Clarify what's going on in the sRepl case

candid82 · Dec 30, 2019 · 5b7a655 · 5b7a655
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ func srepl(port string, phase Phase) {
 		ExitJoker(13)
 	}
 
+	// *in* is a different object than *out* and *err*, though the
+	// latter two are the same and have the same underlying
+	// connection. So this replicates what Clojure itself does,
+	// for the case of a single sRepl during the lifetime of the
+	// process. But if Joker ever supports more than one sRepl, it
+	// should use a different set of values for each.
 	const sreplInHash uint32 = 0x9bdec07f
 	const sreplOutHash uint32 = 0x72274f55