[Python-Dev] flock in Python 3
Benjamin Peterson
benjamin at python.org
Fri Apr 11 18:38:43 CEST 2014
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014, at 5:58, Jakub QB Dorňák wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> writing a threaded application I've been surprised that there is no
> object api for fcntl.flock implementing __enter__() and __exit__()
> methods to be used with 'with' statement.
> I have written one (https://pypi.python.org/pypi), but I wonder whether
> this could get into the Python Standard Library.
That link PyPi link is broken.
I think it would be nicer to have a high-level API for cross-platform
file locking. IIRC, flock can be rather non-portable.
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