You are right, it should be https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flock
----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Peterson" <benja...@python.org> To: "Jakub QB Dorňák" <jdor...@redhat.com>, "Python Dev" <python-dev@python.org> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 6:38:43 PM Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] flock in Python 3 On Fri, Apr 11, 2014, at 5:58, Jakub QB Dorňák wrote: > Hi all, > > writing a threaded application I've been surprised that there is no > object api for fcntl.flock implementing __enter__() and __exit__() > methods to be used with 'with' statement. > I have written one (https://pypi.python.org/pypi), but I wonder whether > this could get into the Python Standard Library. That link PyPi link is broken. I think it would be nicer to have a high-level API for cross-platform file locking. IIRC, flock can be rather non-portable. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com