[Python-Dev] Issue #10348: concurrent.futures doesn't work on BSD

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 29.12.2010 22:34, schrieb Jesse Noller:
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> On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:49 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
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>>> If the functionality is not supported then users get an import error
>>> (within multiprocessing). However, RDM's understanding is correct, and
>>> the test is creating more than supported.
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>> Hmm. The tests do the absolute minimum stuff that exercises the code;
>> doing anything less, and they would be useless. Of course, one may
>> wonder why test_first_completed manages to create 41 SemLock objects,
>> when all it tries to do is two future calls.
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>> So if the minimal test case fails, I'd claim that the module doesn't
>> work on FreeBSD, period. ISTM that Posix IPC is just not a feasible
>> approach to do IPC synchronization on FreeBSD, so it's better to say
>> that multiprocessing is not supported on FreeBSD (until SysV IPC is
>> getting used, hoping that this will fare better).
>>
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> Whatever you choose to say Martin. It does work, and is supported to the limitations that FreeBSD imposes.

So what do you propose to do?

Regards,
Martin