[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Fixes issue #8052: The posix subprocess module's close_fds behavior was (original) (raw)
Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sat Jan 21 23:52:36 CET 2012
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:39:41 +0100 gregory.p.smith <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/61aa484a3e54 changeset: 74563:61aa484a3e54 branch: 3.2 parent: 74561:d01fecadf3ea user: Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org> date: Sat Jan 21 14:01:08 2012 -0800 summary: Fixes issue #8052: The posix subprocess module's closefds behavior was suboptimal by closing all possible file descriptors rather than just the open ones in the child process before exec().
For what it's worth, I'm not really confident with so much new low-level code in a bugfix release. IMHO it's more of a new feature, since it's a performance improvement.
Regards
Antoine.
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