New submission from STINNER Victor: posix_truncate() accepts a file descriptor, so os.ftruncate() can be removed from Python 3.3.
memset(&path, 0, sizeof(path)); path.function_name = "truncate"; #ifdef HAVE_FTRUNCATE path.allow_fd = 1; #endif if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O&O&:truncate", keywords, path_converter, &path, _parse_off_t, &length)) return NULL; ---------- messages: 167311 nosy: haypo, larry priority: deferred blocker severity: normal status: open title: Why do we have os.truncate() and os.ftruncate() whereas os.truncate() accepts a file descriptor? versions: Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue15547> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com