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

[Greg Ewing]

Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Agreed, but it's the security implications that let us even
> contemplate the backwards compatibility break.

I don't think that's a sufficient criterion for choosing a
name. The backwards compatibility issue is a transitional
thing, but we'll be stuck with the name forever.

IMO the name should simply describe the mechanism, and be
neutral as to what the reason might be for using the
mechanism.

-- 
Greg