[Python-Dev] Signals, threads, blocking C functions (original) (raw)
Scott David Daniels Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org
Tue Sep 5 20:16:56 CEST 2006
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Johan Dahlin wrote:
Nick Maclaren wrote:
"Gustavo Carneiro" <gjcarneiro at gmail.com> wrote:
.... I'm pretty sure writing to a pipe is async signal safe. It is the oldest trick in the book, everyone uses it. I ... know that it works. Ah. Well, I can assure you that it's not the oldest trick in the book, and not everyone uses it. ... Can't this just be enabled for platforms where it's known to work and let Python as it currently is for the users of these legacy systems ?
Ah, but that is the current state of affairs. .5 :-)
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