can occur. A similar situation can occur with other combinations of reads and
writes. The essential factors are that more than :const:`_PC_PIPE_BUF` bytes
are being written by one process in a blocking fashion, while the other process
-is reading from the other process, also in a blocking fashion.
+is reading from the first process, also in a blocking fashion.
.. Example explanation and suggested work-arounds substantially stolen
from Martin von Löwis: