On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:17:49 +0000 Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4 December 2010 23:07, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there an issue on Windows? If not, and given how different FD > > inheritance is on Windows, I'd argue that in the absence of bug > > reports, there's no need to change behaviour on Windows. > > Actually, from the error message I just got: > > ValueError: close_fds is not supported on Windows platforms if you > redirect stdin/stdout/stderr > > So on Windows, for the issues mentioned (both of which involve > redirected stdin/out/err), leaving the current default appears to be > not only advisable, but required. > > I suspect an os-dependent default would be ugly to document...
How about a best-effort behaviour? Setting close_fds to True would only close fds where possible (i.e., not under Windows when piping either of stdin, stdout, stderr). Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
