Did you see http://bugs.python.org/issue4804 ?
Particularly http://bugs.python.org/file12953/__pioinfo.patch A little bit hackhish but seems to work Thanks bastien On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> wrote: >> + * The default way, which is reasonable for programs (not libraries): >> + AC_DEFINE([MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLING], [DEFAULT_HANDLING]) >> + >> + * The way for libraries that make "hairy" calls (like close(-1), or >> + fclose(fp) where fileno(fp) is closed, or simply getdtablesize()): >> + AC_DEFINE([MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLING], >> [HAIRY_LIBRARY_HANDLING]) >> + >> + * The way for libraries that make no "hairy" calls: >> + AC_DEFINE([MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLING], [SANE_LIBRARY_HANDLING]) > > Now, 5 unit tests pass in the DEFAULT_HANDLING mode but fail in the two other > modes: > > FAIL: test-fflush.exe > FAIL: test-fgetc.exe > FAIL: test-fputc.exe > FAIL: test-fread.exe > FAIL: test-fwrite.exe > > All these fail on a stream whose file descriptor has been closed. Most > libraries won't do such a thing. Therefore I don't find it worth to fix > this. Just document it. > > Also, in hindsight, the modifications to the 'raise' and 'sigprocmask' > modules could have been low priority. Libraries hardly use 'raise' and > 'sigprocmask' since these functions are not multithread-safe, and for > programs the DEFAULT_HANDLING mode already provides a POSIX like behaviour > to raise() and sigprocmask(). On the other hand, libraries can use > pthread_sigmask(), and our current gnulib replacement for it uses > sigprocmask(). > > > 2011-09-25 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> > > fflush et al.: Document limitation on MSVC. > * doc/posix-functions/fflush.texi: Document possible crash in handling > mode other than DEFAULT_HANDLING. > * doc/posix-functions/fgetc.texi: Likewise. > * doc/posix-functions/fputc.texi: Likewise. > * doc/posix-functions/fread.texi: Likewise. > * doc/posix-functions/fwrite.texi: Likewise. > > --- doc/posix-functions/fflush.texi.orig Sun Sep 25 23:20:15 2011 > +++ doc/posix-functions/fflush.texi Sun Sep 25 23:19:34 2011 > @@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ > On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does not set > @code{errno} > upon failure. > @item > +This function crashes if the stream's file descriptor has already been > +closed, if @code{MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLING} is > +@code{HAIRY_LIBRARY_HANDLING} or @code{SANE_LIBRARY_HANDLING}, > +on some platforms: > +MSVC 9. > +@item > @code{fflush} on an input stream right after @code{ungetc} does not discard > the @code{ungetc} buffer, on some platforms: > AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2010-11, mingw, MSVC 9. > --- doc/posix-functions/fgetc.texi.orig Sun Sep 25 23:20:15 2011 > +++ doc/posix-functions/fgetc.texi Sun Sep 25 23:19:10 2011 > @@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ > @item > On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does not set > @code{errno} > upon failure. > +@item > +This function crashes if the stream's file descriptor has already been > +closed, if @code{MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLING} is > +@code{HAIRY_LIBRARY_HANDLING} or @code{SANE_LIBRARY_HANDLING}, > +on some platforms: > +MSVC 9. > @end itemize > --- doc/posix-functions/fputc.texi.orig Sun Sep 25 23:20:15 2011 > +++ doc/posix-functions/fputc.texi Sun Sep 25 23:19:10 2011 > @@ -32,4 +32,10 @@ > On some platforms, this function does not set @code{errno} or the > stream error indicator on attempts to write to a read-only stream: > Cygwin 1.7.9. > +@item > +This function crashes if the stream's file descriptor has already been > +closed, if @code{MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLING} is > +@code{HAIRY_LIBRARY_HANDLING} or @code{SANE_LIBRARY_HANDLING}, > +on some platforms: > +MSVC 9. > @end itemize > --- doc/posix-functions/fread.texi.orig Sun Sep 25 23:20:15 2011 > +++ doc/posix-functions/fread.texi Sun Sep 25 23:19:10 2011 > @@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ > @item > On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does not set > @code{errno} > upon failure. > +@item > +This function crashes if the stream's file descriptor has already been > +closed, if @code{MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLING} is > +@code{HAIRY_LIBRARY_HANDLING} or @code{SANE_LIBRARY_HANDLING}, > +on some platforms: > +MSVC 9. > @end itemize > --- doc/posix-functions/fwrite.texi.orig Sun Sep 25 23:20:15 2011 > +++ doc/posix-functions/fwrite.texi Sun Sep 25 23:19:11 2011 > @@ -32,4 +32,10 @@ > On some platforms, this function does not set @code{errno} or the > stream error indicator on attempts to write to a read-only stream: > Cygwin 1.7.9. > +@item > +This function crashes if the stream's file descriptor has already been > +closed, if @code{MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLING} is > +@code{HAIRY_LIBRARY_HANDLING} or @code{SANE_LIBRARY_HANDLING}, > +on some platforms: > +MSVC 9. > @end itemize > -- > In memoriam Safia Ahmed-jan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safia_Ahmed-jan> > >
