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Title: Sigpipe handling issue should be documented
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.7, Python 3.6, Python 3.5, Python 3.4, Python 2.7
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Status: open Resolution:
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: docs@python, splbio
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2018-05-16 23:55 by splbio, last changed 2018-05-16 23:55 by splbio.

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PR 6773 open splbio, 2018-05-16 23:55
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msg316877 - (view) Author: Alfred Perlstein (splbio) * Date: 2018-05-16 23:55 
A common anti-pattern in python used to get rid of "ugly" brokenpipe messages is to set the SIGPIPE handler to SIG_DFL, this however will cause your program to seemingly randomly exit if it makes any socket connections during its lifetime.  (see github PR for more info)
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2018-05-16 23:55:52splbiocreate