[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This interface follows the completely stupid semantics of System V and > IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'') that require that all locks > associated with a file for a given process are removed when any file > descriptor for that file is closed by that process.... Flock(2) is > recommended for applications that want to ensure the integrity of their > locks when using library routines or wish to pass locks to their > children. > > I guess the BSD folks were a bit upset when they wrote that.
That sounds more like something written by the GNU folks than the BSD folks. -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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
