: args_(std::move(args)), env_(std::move(env)) {

// preconditions

util::assert::assert_not_empty(args_);

process proc{args_, env_};

// create pipe readers and empty buffers for both stdout and stderr

// we manage them in this (admittedly, kind of complex-looking) array so we can later easily perform the

// operations in a loop

std::array<std::pair<pipe_reader, subprocess_result_buffer_t>, 2> buffers{

std::make_pair(pipe_reader(proc.stdout_fd()), subprocess_result_buffer_t{}),

std::make_pair(pipe_reader(proc.stderr_fd()), subprocess_result_buffer_t{}),

};

for (;;) {

for (auto& pair : buffers) {

// make code more readable

auto& reader = pair.first;

auto& buffer = pair.second;

// read some bytes into smaller intermediate buffer to prevent either of the pipes to overflow

// the results are immediately appended to the main buffer

subprocess_result_buffer_t intermediate_buffer(4096);

// (try to) read all available data from pipe

for (;;) {

const auto bytes_read = reader.read(intermediate_buffer);

if (bytes_read == 0) {

break;

}

// append to main buffer

buffer.reserve(buffer.size() + bytes_read);

std::copy(intermediate_buffer.begin(), (intermediate_buffer.begin() + bytes_read),

std::back_inserter(buffer));

}

}

// do-while might be a little more elegant, but we can save this one unnecessary sleep, so...

if (proc.is_running()) {

// reduce load on CPU

std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));

} else {

break;

}

}

// make sure contents are null-terminated

buffers[0].second.emplace_back('\0');

buffers[1].second.emplace_back('\0');

auto exit_code = proc.close();

return subprocess_result{exit_code, buffers[0].second, buffers[1].second};

const auto result = run();

if (result.exit_code() != 0) {

throw std::logic_error{"subprocess failed (exit code " + std::to_string(result.exit_code()) + ")"};

}

return result.stdout_string();