[Python-Dev] Proposal for a new function "open_noinherit" to avoid problems with subprocesses and security risks

[Matthieu Brucher]

Hi,


I think the complaint is not so much about simplicity, but correctness.
> close_fd also closes stdin/stdout/stderr, which might be undesirable
> and differs from POSIX.
>

According to the docs, stdin/stdout and stderr are not closed (
http://docs.python.org/lib/node529.html)


Matthieu
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