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From: Martin v. Löwis <report@bugs.python.org>
To: breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: Tue, 21 September, 2010 16:53:27
Subject: [issue678250] test_mmap failling on AIX


Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> added the comment:

> Interestingly, the matter was discussed on another issue, #2643. I
> also agree that ideally flush() should become a no-op (only in 3.2,
> since it would break compatibility). But then we should also expose a
> separate sync() method with the current behaviour.

I think you misunderstand. I'm not proposing that flush should become
a noop entirely - only for ACCESS_COPY mappings.

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