[Python-Dev] PEP 433: Add cloexec argument to functions creating file descriptors (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Jan 13 12:15:12 CET 2013

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Charles-François Natali <cf.natali at gmail.com> wrote:

XXX Should subprocess.Popen set the close-on-exec flag on file XXX XXX descriptors of the constructor the passfds argument? XXX What? Setting them cloexec would prevent them from being inherited in the child process!

Perhaps Victor meant "clear" rather than "set" in this comment?

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

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