avoiding file corruption

[Amir Michail]

Paolo Pantaleo wrote:
> 27 Aug 2006 00:44:33 -0700, Amir  Michail <amichail at gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Trying to open a file for writing that is already open for writing
> > should result in an exception.
> >
> > It's all too easy to accidentally open a shelve for writing twice and
> > this can lead to hard to track down database corruption errors.
> >
> > Amir
> >
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> Even if it could be strange, the OS usually allow you to open a file
> twice, that's up to the programmer to ensure the consistency of the
> operations.
>
> PAolo
>

But if this is usually a serious bug, shouldn't an exception be raised?

Amir

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