[Python-Dev] (New) PEP 446: Make newly created file descriptors non-inheritable

[Victor Stinner]

> Also the socket library creates sockets with inheritable handles by
default.  Apparently there isn't a reliable way to make sockets
non-inheritable because anti-virus/firewall software can interfere:
>
>
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12058911/can-tcp-socket-handles-be-set-not-inheritable

Recent versions of Windows provide an atomic flag to create a
non-inheritable socket. I hope that the falg is respected even with
antivirus/firewall.

For older versions of Windows, I don't see what Python can do. Is it a
blocker point for the PEP?

Victor
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