[Python-Dev] PEP 446: Add new parameters to configure the inherance of files and for non-blocking sockets

[Victor Stinner]

2013/7/4 Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>:
> Add a new optional *cloexec* on functions creating file descriptors:
>
> * ``io.FileIO``
> * ``io.open()``
> * ``open()``

The PEP 433 proposes adding an "e" mode to open in alternatives. I
didn't keep this idea because the fopen() function of the GNU libc
library has no mode for the O_NONBLOCK flag. IMO it is not interesting
to mention it in the PEP 466.

Victor