2013/8/2 Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com>: > 2013/7/28 Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net>: >>> (A) How should we support support where os.set_inheritable() is not >>> supported? Can we announce that os.set_inheritable() is always >>> available or not? Does such platform exist? >> >> FD_CLOEXEC is POSIX: >> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fcntl.html > > Ok, but this information does not help me. Does Python support > non-POSIX platforms? (Windows has HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT.) > > If we cannot answer to my question, it's safer to leave > os.get/set_inheritable() optional (need hasattr in tests for example).
On Unix platforms, you should always have FD_CLOEXEC. If there were such a platform without FD inheritance support, then it would probably make sense to make it a no-op anyway. cf _______________________________________________ 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
