[issue12105] open() does not able to set flags, such as O_CLOEXEC
Antoine Pitrou
report at bugs.python.org
Sun May 22 22:25:24 CEST 2011
Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:
> Python doesn't suppose atomic open+CLOEXEC anymore, I consider this as a
> regression from Python 2 (which support open("re") with the GNU libc).
It has never been documented (nor supported) so, no, I wouldn't consider
it a regression.
> But... it tooks some years until someone noticed this regression.
Which means it's certainly unimportant.
> Can we add new features to old releases?
Well, you already know the answer, don't you? :)
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