[Python-Dev] Does Python need a file locking module (slightly higher level)?

[Greg Ewing]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     This interface follows the completely stupid semantics of System V and
>     IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'') that require that all locks
>     associated with a file for a given process are removed when any file
>     descriptor for that file is closed by that process....  Flock(2) is
>     recommended for applications that want to ensure the integrity of their
>     locks when using library routines or wish to pass locks to their
>     children.
> 
> I guess the BSD folks were a bit upset when they wrote that.

That sounds more like something written by the GNU folks than
the BSD folks.

--
Greg