On 10.06.2009 19:28, Simon Heimberg wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 10.06.2009, 17:52 +0200 schrieb Adrian Buehlmann:
>> On 10.06.2009 16:51, Steve Borho wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Adrian Buehlmann<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> On 10.06.2009 13:23, Simon Heimberg wrote:
>>>>> # HG changeset patch
>>>>> # User Simon Heimberg <[email protected]>
>>>>> # Date 1243410000 -7200
>>>>> # Node ID a703c9b518d5fe94002f30bd5b5b7ae73792016e
>>>>> # Parent  62587c4f0e577faca23d03048c3ad6a070660001
>>>>> shlib: use repo.opener with atomic file for writing status file
> 
> snip
> 
>>>> This makes us susceptible to the problem: windows can't
>>>> rename a file that is open for reading. And shellext *is*
>>>> constantly reading.
>>> Is writing to an open file safer than renaming?  Or you just don't
>>> feel the complexity is warranted?
>> If the shell extension has the file open the rename call will
>> fail, that is, the rpc server process will crash with a traceback.
>>
>> Writing to a file that is open for reading is no problem,
>> but renaming is. On unix you can rename a file that is
>> open for reading, on Windows a rename call for a file that
>> has been opened by fopen will fail.
>>
>> As such the patch doesn't solve anything but introduces
>> a new problem.
> 
> Renaming an open file is possible. It is not possible to rename a file
> to an open file in windows. This problem is solved in mercurial (see the
> comment in util.rename). No new problem is introduced.
> This change is not because I ran into a problem but because I was
> thinking about the design.

So does that mean you have tested it?

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