[Python-Dev] PEP 433: Choose the default value of the new cloexec parameter

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Jan 29 10:48:56 CET 2013


Le Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:35:40 +0100,
Ralf Schmitt <ralf at systemexit.de> a écrit :
> Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> writes:
> 
> > Yes, it's fine, because an application developer can often control
> > (or at least study) the behaviour of all the code involved.
> 
> I'd rather not have to check if some library messes with that global
> setting and work around it if it does!

Then just don't try changing the flag. Problem solved.

Regards

Antoine.




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