Am 05.12.2010 15:20, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: > On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:17:49 +0000 > Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 4 December 2010 23:07, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Is there an issue on Windows? If not, and given how different FD >> > inheritance is on Windows, I'd argue that in the absence of bug >> > reports, there's no need to change behaviour on Windows. >> >> Actually, from the error message I just got: >> >> ValueError: close_fds is not supported on Windows platforms if you >> redirect stdin/stdout/stderr >> >> So on Windows, for the issues mentioned (both of which involve >> redirected stdin/out/err), leaving the current default appears to be >> not only advisable, but required. >> >> I suspect an os-dependent default would be ugly to document... > > How about a best-effort behaviour? Setting close_fds to True would only > close fds where possible (i.e., not under Windows when piping either of > stdin, stdout, stderr).
That sounds reasonable. Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
