Script passed as pipe, fix for locks, support for python #153
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This PR proposes a solution (at least in my experience), for a couple of questions appearing among the Issues.
A drawback of the "pipe" feature, is the fact that the script may lose the possibility to retrieve the original name by accessing $0. Often this can be worked around referring to the $_ environment variable, but not always. In exchange for this annoyance, the limit on the script size and the possibility of seeing the source in clear with ps or /proc/*/cmdline both disappear.
These modifications have been applied to the version found in Francisco Rosales' page and have been working reliably for years under linux.