Message 71335 - Python tracker

Message71335

Author	draghuram
Recipients	draghuram, ocean-city, pitrou
Date	2008-08-18.14:36:23
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Antoine Pitrou <report@bugs.python.org> wrote: > Since the purpose of the test is, allegedly, to "Verify that an open > file can be stat'ed", it may be simpler to create and open a file > ourselves (test_support.TESTFN being an obvious candidate :-)), and No. Any open file does not do. There has been a discussion on python-dev some time back about replacing the use of pagefile.sys with a temporarily created open file. But the problem that spawned this test case does not occur with just any open file.

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On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Antoine Pitrou <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
> Since the purpose of the test is, allegedly, to "Verify that an open
> file can be stat'ed", it may be simpler to create and open a file
> ourselves (test_support.TESTFN being an obvious candidate :-)), and

No. Any open file does not do. There has been a discussion on
python-dev some time back about replacing the use of pagefile.sys with
a temporarily created open file. But the problem that spawned this
test case does not occur with just any open file.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2008-08-18 14:36:24	draghuram	set	recipients: + draghuram, pitrou, ocean-city
2008-08-18 14:36:23	draghuram	link	issue3580 messages
2008-08-18 14:36:23	draghuram	create