New submission from Keith Dart <keith.d...@gmail.com>: When the uuid.py module is simply imported it has the side effect of forking a subprocess (/sbin/ldconfig) and doing a lot of stuff find a uuid implementation by ctypes. This is undesirable in many contexts. It would be better to perform those tasks on demand, when the first UUID is actually requested. In general, imports should avoid unnecessary system call side effects. This also makes testing easier.
---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 127442 nosy: Keith.Dart priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: uuid.py module import has heavy side effects type: resource usage versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11063> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
