[Python-Dev] Ext4 data loss (original) (raw)

Scott Dial scott+python-dev at scottdial.com
Wed Mar 11 16:38:26 CET 2009

Aahz wrote:

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

After Hrvoje's message, let me rephrase my suggestion. Let's instead allow: open(..., syncon="close") open(..., syncon="flush")

with a default of None meaning no implicit syncs. That looks good, though I'd prefer using named constants rather than strings.

I would agree, but where do you put them? Since open is a built-in, where would you suggest placing such constants (assuming we don't want to pollute the built-in namespace)?

-- Scott Dial scott at scottdial.com scodial at cs.indiana.edu

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