"dmoore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 8< --------------- <description of full duplex problem> ------------
> Anybody have any thoughts on this? Do I have my story straight? (the > popen variants can't handle this case and there are no other > alternatives in the standard python distro) Is there some place I can > submit this as a feature request? (Python dev?) I think this is a hassle in the file implementation - I have had it also on serial ports, where it acts as if the file "driver" is inherently half duplex. It manifests as: "My characters don't come out" I don't know if it is python or the underlying stuff. I use fcntl to unblock and generally mess around to solve it, but I don't think my solution is portable. It is a real issue though - you are not imagining the dragon, it is right at the door... - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list