In which version? I don't see that phrase in the 3.5 docs. On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All, > > Curious to see this in the docs for subprocess.check_output: "Do not use > stderr=PIPE with this function as that can deadlock based on the child > process error volume. Use Popen with the communicate() method when you need > a stderr pipe." > > Given that check_output's implementation uses communicate(), how could > stderr=PIPE cause a deadlock in a way that wouldn't happen if you called > Popen.communicate() yourself? > > cheers, > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > 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/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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