On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:25:44 -0500, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2005, Jeremy Hylton wrote: > > > > Are the thread semantics for file objecst documented anywhere? I > > don't see anything in the library manual, which is where I expected to > > find it. It looks like read and write are atomic by virtue of fread > > and fwrite being atomic. > > Uncle Timmy will no doubt agree with me: the semantics don't matter. > NEVER, NEVER access the same file object from multiple threads, unless > you're using a lock. And even using a lock is stupid.
I'm not looking for your permission or approval. I just want to know what semantics are intended. If the documentation wants to say that the semantics are undefined that okay, although I think we need to say more because some behavior has been provided by the implementation for a long time. Jeremy _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
