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Author	pitrou
Recipients	gregory.p.smith, hughsw, pitrou
Date	2010-06-02.15:56:41
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In-reply-to	<1275492749.57.0.0370658207184.issue8873@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> I think the default of 0, meaning unbuffered, is a poor choice. So do I, but I'm not sure whether it's acceptable to change behaviour in a potentially incompatible way. > Barring that semantic change, please add a note to the doc: "Most > users will want to set bufsize=4096 for pipe-like buffering, or > bufsize=1 for line-based buffering." Yes, it deserves a documentation note indeed.

> I think the default of 0, meaning unbuffered, is a poor choice.

So do I, but I'm not sure whether it's acceptable to change behaviour in
a potentially incompatible way.

> Barring that semantic change, please add a note to the doc:  "Most
> users will want to set bufsize=4096 for pipe-like buffering, or
> bufsize=1 for line-based buffering."  

Yes, it deserves a documentation note indeed.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2010-06-02 15:56:42	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, gregory.p.smith, hughsw
2010-06-02 15:56:41	pitrou	link	issue8873 messages
2010-06-02 15:56:41	pitrou	create