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

[Ralf Schmitt]

"R. David Murray" <rdmurray at bitdance.com> writes:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:42:59 +0100, Ralf Schmitt <ralf at systemexit.de> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> What is stopping some some third party library code from calling
> socket.settimeout(0.1)?

Nothing. That's the point. You just wonder why urlopen fails when the
global timeout has been changed by that third party library.