[issue38890] A subprocess.Popen created with creationFlags=DETACHED_PROCESS on Windows should not emit a ResourceWarning

Eryk Sun added the comment: > Didn't we clean up this warning completely on Windows recently? It > apparently matters on POSIX to join() the child process, but on > Windows you aren't going to leak any resources by just forgetting > about it, so I thought we stopped tracking them entirely.

[issue38890] A subprocess.Popen created with creationFlags=DETACHED_PROCESS on Windows should not emit a ResourceWarning

Steve Dower added the comment: Didn't we clean up this warning completely on Windows recently? It apparently matters on POSIX to join() the child process, but on Windows you aren't going to leak any resources by just forgetting about it, so I thought we stopped tracking them entirely.

[issue38890] A subprocess.Popen created with creationFlags=DETACHED_PROCESS on Windows should not emit a ResourceWarning

Change by Eryk Sun : -- components: +Windows nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue38890] A subprocess.Popen created with creationFlags=DETACHED_PROCESS on Windows should not emit a ResourceWarning

Eryk Sun added the comment: For a console application, normally the system connects to either the console that's inherited from the parent or, if no console is inherited, a newly allocated console. The creation flag DETACHED_PROCESS sets the initial console handle in the child to a special

[issue38890] A subprocess.Popen created with creationFlags=DETACHED_PROCESS on Windows should not emit a ResourceWarning

Change by Bernie Hackett : -- nosy: +behackett ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe:

[issue38890] A subprocess.Popen created with creationFlags=DETACHED_PROCESS on Windows should not emit a ResourceWarning

New submission from Shane Harvey : In https://bugs.python.org/issue26741 Popen was changed to emit a ResourceWarning in __del__ if the process is still running. However, when running a daemon/detached process it is completely valid to delete a Popen object before the process is complete. On