Jim Jewett wrote:
On 3/12/09, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote:It is starting to look as though flush (and close?) should take an optional wait parameter, to indicate how much re-assurance you're willing to wait for.Unfortunately, such a thing would be unimplementable on most of today's operating systems.What am I missing? _file=file class file(_file): ... def flush(self, wait=0): super().flush(self) if wait < 0.25: return if wait < 0.5 and os.fdatasync: os.fdatasync(self.fileno()) return os.fsync(self.fileno()) if wait < 0.75: return if os.ffullsync: os.ffullsync(self.fileno())
What would be wrong with just making the f*sync calls methods of the file object and that's about it? alternatively when flush() should get an optional argument, I'd call it sync and use a set of predefined and meaningful constants (and no floating point value). Just my 2ct. Regards Tino
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