Am 29.12.2010 22:34, schrieb Jesse Noller: > > > On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:49 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: > >>> If the functionality is not supported then users get an import error >>> (within multiprocessing). However, RDM's understanding is correct, and >>> the test is creating more than supported. >> >> Hmm. The tests do the absolute minimum stuff that exercises the code; >> doing anything less, and they would be useless. Of course, one may >> wonder why test_first_completed manages to create 41 SemLock objects, >> when all it tries to do is two future calls. >> >> So if the minimal test case fails, I'd claim that the module doesn't >> work on FreeBSD, period. ISTM that Posix IPC is just not a feasible >> approach to do IPC synchronization on FreeBSD, so it's better to say >> that multiprocessing is not supported on FreeBSD (until SysV IPC is >> getting used, hoping that this will fare better). >> > > Whatever you choose to say Martin. It does work, and is supported to the > limitations that FreeBSD imposes.
So what do you propose to do? Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
