Re: [Python-Dev] documentation / implementation question for subprocess.check_output

2015-07-17 Thread Chris Withers
On 16/07/2015 16:27, Nick Coghlan wrote: On 16 July 2015 at 20:35, Guido van Rossum gu...@python.org wrote: In which version? I don't see that phrase in the 3.5 docs. The equivalent note in 3.x is Do not use stdout=PIPE or stderr=PIPE with this function. The child process will block if it

Re: [Python-Dev] documentation / implementation question for subprocess.check_output

2015-07-16 Thread Guido van Rossum
In which version? I don't see that phrase in the 3.5 docs. On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Chris Withers ch...@simplistix.co.uk wrote: Hi All, Curious to see this in the docs for subprocess.check_output: Do not use stderr=PIPE with this function as that can deadlock based on the child

Re: [Python-Dev] documentation / implementation question for subprocess.check_output

2015-07-16 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 16 July 2015 at 20:35, Guido van Rossum gu...@python.org wrote: In which version? I don't see that phrase in the 3.5 docs. The equivalent note in 3.x is Do not use stdout=PIPE or stderr=PIPE with this function. The child process will block if it generates enough output to a pipe to fill up