Python - SIGPIPE handled bug

[Mark C Favas]

Randall Hopper <aa8vb at yahoo.com> writes:


>  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    > python -c "for i in xrange(1000): print 'Some output'" | head -2
>    Some output
>    Some output
>    Traceback (innermost last):
>      File "<string>", line 1, in ?
>    IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

On my system (1.5.2, latest from CVS, Tru64 (nee Digital) Unix 4.0F), the
above works perfectly under both csh and sh, viz:

120> python -c "for i in xrange(1000): print 'Some output'" | head -2
Some output
Some output
121> sh
$ python -c "for i in xrange(1000): print 'Some output'" | head -2
Some output
Some output
$ echo $?
0
$

However, if I put it into a file as:

117> cat junk2.py
def my_program():
  for i in xrange(10000): 
    print 'Some output'

my_program()
118> python junk2.py | head -2
Some output
Some output
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "junk2.py", line 5, in ?
    my_program()
  File "junk2.py", line 3, in my_program
    print 'Some output'
IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

I get your result. No solution, just another data point.

Mark
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