waste of resources ?

[Ben Gertzfield]

>>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic at srce.hr> writes:

    Hrvoje> Except that when a signal arrives during an IO operation,
    Hrvoje> it will be canceled due to the EINTR brain-damage, and
    Hrvoje> Python will throw an exception.  So if you expect your
    Hrvoje> program to accept SIGCHLD signals at random intervals,
    Hrvoje> you'd better encase all your IO operation in a loop like
    Hrvoje> this:

<snip>

    Hrvoje> This problem with signals has been my long-standing gripe
    Hrvoje> with Python.

If I recall correctly, Perl has just about the exact same problem.
Is there a good way to fix it?

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