On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 11:31:46AM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Then again are people really concerned about the speed of those file
> copy functions? Or are we just offering a solution in search of a
> problem?
At kernel level: clearly yes, otherwise their BDFL would noy allow
those[1]
On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:46:13AM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I wonder if the issue isn't that there are so many Linux syscalls that
> we probably should have a process for deciding which ones are worth
> supporting in the os module, and that process should not necessarily
> start with a
Hi pythonistas. A couple of moths ago I opened an issue in the bug
tracker for adding a new syscall to the os module. It's based on new
developments in the Linux kernel. Here's the link:
https://bugs.python.org/issue26826
After two months and a half I managed to create a nice patch with
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:18:46PM -0400, Random832 wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016, at 10:45, Marcos Dione wrote:
> > One possible solution hat was suggested to me in the #python IRC
> > channel was to use that, then test if the resulting value is negative,
> > and adju
First of all, I'm not subbscribed to the list (too much traffic for
me), so please CC: me in any answers if possible.
I'm trying to add a new syscall to the os module:
https://bugs.python.org/issue26826
One of the few missing parts is to cenvert a parameter, which would
be a Python
