[Python-Dev] thread semantics for file objects

[Aahz]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2005, Jeremy Hylton wrote:
>
> Are the thread semantics for file objecst documented anywhere?  I
> don't see anything in the library manual, which is where I expected to
> find it.  It looks like read and write are atomic by virtue of fread
> and fwrite being atomic.

Uncle Timmy will no doubt agree with me: the semantics don't matter.
NEVER, NEVER access the same file object from multiple threads, unless
you're using a lock.  And even using a lock is stupid.
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