[Python-Dev] PEP 433: Choose the default value of the new cloexec parameter (original) (raw)

Ralf Schmitt ralf at systemexit.de
Sun Jan 27 19:42:59 CET 2013


Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

It's like calling socket.settimeout(0.1) and then complaining that urllib.urlopen() raises exceptions

but that's not what's happening. you'll see urllib.urlopen raising exceptions and only afterwards realize that you called into some third party library code that decided to change the timeout.



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