[Python-Dev] Add "e" (close and exec) mode to open()

[Benjamin Peterson]

2013/1/7 Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I would like add a new flag to open() mode to close the file on exec:
> "e". This feature exists using different APIs depending on the OS and
> OS version: O_CLOEXEC, FD_CLOEXEC and O_NOINHERIT. Do you consider
> that such flag would be interesting?

I'm not sure it's worth cluttering the open() interface with such a
non-portable option. People requiring such control should use the
low-level os.open interface.


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Regards,
Benjamin