[issue15532] "for line in file" is *still* broken in Python 2.7 on pipes

Ned Deily added the comment: Notice in the reply to Issue3907, "with 2.6, you have to use io.open() explicitly". This is still true in Python 2.7, i.e. the new 3.x-compatible io library is not used by default in Python 2. If you want to use it with subprocess.Popen, one way is to supply a pi

[issue15532] "for line in file" is *still* broken in Python 2.7 on pipes

Changes by Andy Lutomirski : -- title: "for line in file" is *still* broken in Python 2.7 -> "for line in file" is *still* broken in Python 2.7 on pipes ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue15532] "for line in file" is *still* broken in Python 2.7

New submission from Andy Lutomirski: This program: import subprocess, sys p = subprocess.Popen(['bash', '-c', 'while true; do echo x; sleep 1; done'], bufsize=0, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) for line in p.stdout: sys.stdout.buffer.write(line) sys.stdout.flush() sits around and does nothing