[Python-Dev] Fork on Win32 - was (test_fork1 failing...)

[M.-A. Lemburg]

David Ascher wrote:
> 
> >    IIRC ActiveState contributed to Perl a version of fork that works on
> > Win32. Has anyone looked at this? Could it be grabbed for Python? This would
> > help heal one of the more difficult platform rifts. Emulating fork for Win32
> > looks quite difficult to me but if its already done...
> 
> Sigh. Me tired.
> 
> The message I posted a few minutes ago was actually referring to the
> system() work, not the fork() work.  I agree that the fork() emulation
> isn't Pythonic.

What about porting os.kill() to Windows (see my other post
with changed subject line in this thread) ? Wouldn't that
make sense ? (the os.spawn() APIs do return PIDs of spawned
processes, so calling os.kill() to send signals to these
seems like a feasable way to control them)

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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