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Author eryksun
Recipients BreamoreBoy, eryksun, georg.brandl, ncoghlan, paul.moore, python-dev, rupole, serhiy.storchaka, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Date 2015-05-22.07:16:42
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Message-id <1432279002.35.0.911983177612.issue22107@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> My reluctance to commit the os.access patch is because it will 
> cause such a behaviour change in a function which has been 
> pretty stable for a long while. 

The original behavior could be preserved as the default. A keyword-only argument could enable checking access based on the file security and thread token.
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2015-05-22 07:16:42eryksunsetrecipients: + eryksun, georg.brandl, paul.moore, ncoghlan, rupole, tim.golden, BreamoreBoy, python-dev, zach.ware, serhiy.storchaka, steve.dower
2015-05-22 07:16:42eryksunsetmessageid: <1432279002.35.0.911983177612.issue22107@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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