Antoine Pitrou <pit...@free.fr> added the comment: > Would avoiding PyErr_CheckSignals() while the file object is in > inconsistent state be a reasonable alternative?
No, because we'd like IO operations to be interruptible by the user (e.g. pressing Ctrl-C) when they would otherwise block indefinitely. > I am guessing that it's not that uncommon for a signal handler to need > IO (e.g to log a signal). In C, it is recommended that signal handlers be minimal. In Python, there is no explicit recommendation but, given they execute semi-asynchronously, I personally wouldn't put too much code in them :) That said, there's no problem doing IO as long as you're not doing reentrant calls to the *same* file object. I agree that for logging this is not always practical... > If making IO safer is not an option, then I think, this limitation > needs to be documented (especially, given that this seems to be a > behavior change from Python 2.x). Perhaps the IO documentation needs an "advanced topics" section. I'll see if I get some time. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10478> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
