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Title: Start pyc file lock the file
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Interpreter Core Versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.7, Python 3.6
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: Jean-Louis Tamburini, berker.peksag, brett.cannon, eric.snow, eryksun, miss-islington, ncoghlan, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2018-05-09 20:43 by Jean-Louis Tamburini, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit
dummy.py Jean-Louis Tamburini, 2018-05-15 15:17
Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 7884 merged ZackerySpytz, 2018-06-23 21:37
PR 7888 merged miss-islington, 2018-06-24 03:15
PR 7889 merged miss-islington, 2018-06-24 03:16
Messages (7)
msg316330 - (view) Author: Jean-Louis Tamburini (Jean-Louis Tamburini) * Date: 2018-05-09 20:43
Python v3.6.4:d48eceb
Windows 10.0.16299

I search on Internet and I don't find why Python Interpreter (v3.6.4) do that. With python 2.7, I don't have this "problem".

When I launch script like : 
c:\Python364\python.exe compile.py
While the execution, I can rename/modify the file "compile.py". 

But, when I compile the file to .pyc (with py_compile with an another script), and I launch the pyc like :
c:\Python364\python.exe dummy.pyc
While the execution, I CAN'T rename/modify the file because is locked by Python Interpreter. 

It's normal ?
msg316667 - (view) Author: Jean-Louis Tamburini (Jean-Louis Tamburini) * Date: 2018-05-15 15:17
Same for python v3.6.5:f59c0932b4
msg316832 - (view) Author: Brett Cannon (brett.cannon) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-05-16 16:24
There's no specific reason as to why that would happen as no files are kept open after importing is finished.
msg316843 - (view) Author: Eryk Sun (eryksun) * (Python triager) Date: 2018-05-16 17:00
In Python/pythonrun.c, PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags() reopens the PYC file in binary mode, passes it to run_pyc_file(), and only closes it after executing the script. The file should instead be closed in run_pyc_file(), before calling PyEval_EvalCode().
msg320346 - (view) Author: Alyssa Coghlan (ncoghlan) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-06-24 03:15
New changeset ea737751b10fff752aafed0231e8a02b82ba365d by Nick Coghlan (Zackery Spytz) in branch 'master':
bpo-33451: Close pyc files before calling PyEval_EvalCode() (GH-7884)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ea737751b10fff752aafed0231e8a02b82ba365d
msg320349 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2018-06-24 03:31
New changeset 56aaef0ddba6275b8043b58433739a64497f33b4 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
bpo-33451: Close pyc files before calling PyEval_EvalCode() (GH-7884)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/56aaef0ddba6275b8043b58433739a64497f33b4
msg323518 - (view) Author: Berker Peksag (berker.peksag) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-08-14 13:16
All PRs have been merged (commit message from the 3.6 branch doesn't listed here but PR 7889 has been merged in https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8f8ad2c38237caf5ee48f690289e8c811d245455) Closing this as 'fixed'. Please reopen if this issue needs to stay open.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:00adminsetgithub: 77632
2018-08-14 13:16:53berker.peksagsetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + berker.peksag
messages: + msg323518

resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2018-06-24 03:31:23miss-islingtonsetnosy: + miss-islington
messages: + msg320349
2018-06-24 03:16:43miss-islingtonsetpull_requests: + pull_request7497
2018-06-24 03:15:56miss-islingtonsetpull_requests: + pull_request7496
2018-06-24 03:15:27ncoghlansetmessages: + msg320346
2018-06-23 21:37:51ZackerySpytzsetkeywords: + patch
stage: patch review
pull_requests: + pull_request7493
2018-05-16 17:00:04eryksunsetnosy: + eryksun

messages: + msg316843
versions: + Python 3.7, Python 3.8
2018-05-16 16:24:58brett.cannonsetmessages: + msg316832
2018-05-15 22:21:30pitrousetnosy: + brett.cannon, paul.moore, ncoghlan, tim.golden, eric.snow, zach.ware, steve.dower
2018-05-15 15:17:03Jean-Louis Tamburinisetfiles: + dummy.py

messages: + msg316667
2018-05-09 20:43:58Jean-Louis Tamburinicreate