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Author	pitrou
Recipients	amaury.forgeotdarc, nadeem.vawda, neologix, pitrou, rosslagerwall, vstinner
Date	2011-08-20.21:21:16
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In-reply-to	<1313875036.89.0.550815207239.issue12797@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> A third idea is to find a way to override the low-level open() > function (the one that returns a fd). Why not. It would e.g. allow to use CreateFile under Windows (the hg guys do this in order to change the "sharing" mode to something more laxist). > openat() seems to exist only on Linux, so I'm -1 on adding new > parameters to support this function only. openat() is POSIX: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/open.html

> A third idea is to find a way to override the low-level open()
> function (the one that returns a fd).

Why not. It would e.g. allow to use CreateFile under Windows (the hg
guys do this in order to change the "sharing" mode to something more
laxist).

> openat() seems to exist only on Linux, so I'm -1 on adding new
> parameters to support this function only.

openat() is POSIX:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/open.html

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2011-08-20 21:21:17	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, amaury.forgeotdarc, vstinner, nadeem.vawda, neologix, rosslagerwall
2011-08-20 21:21:16	pitrou	link	issue12797 messages
2011-08-20 21:21:16	pitrou	create