Re: [Python-Dev] mmap.flush [was: NeedsReview keyword]

2008-04-16 Thread Ralf Schmitt
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -On [20080416 15:20], Ralf Schmitt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >I think documenting this insanity is just insane and doesn't help much. > >Anyway, you can now close http://bugs.python.org/issue2122 as won

Re: [Python-Dev] mmap.flush [was: NeedsReview keyword]

2008-04-16 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
-On [20080416 15:20], Ralf Schmitt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >I think documenting this insanity is just insane and doesn't help much. >Anyway, you can now close http://bugs.python.org/issue2122 as wontfix. Why? I added documentation for the current way. I was not aware of the other thread's menti

Re: [Python-Dev] mmap.flush [was: NeedsReview keyword]

2008-04-16 Thread Ralf Schmitt
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -On [20080415 23:37], Ralf Schmitt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >The documentation for mmap.flush does not even mention a return value. > > Fixed in revision 62359. > I think documenting this insanity is

Re: [Python-Dev] mmap.flush [was: NeedsReview keyword]

2008-04-16 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
-On [20080415 23:37], Ralf Schmitt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >The documentation for mmap.flush does not even mention a return value. Fixed in revision 62359. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven / asmodai イェルーン ラウフロック ヴァン デル ウェルヴェン http://www.in-nomine.org/ | http://www.rangaku.org/ With a nuclear

Re: [Python-Dev] mmap.flush [was: NeedsReview keyword]

2008-04-15 Thread Ralf Schmitt
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:49 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so, still: sorry no, the application should not just look at the result > > being returned. > > If it doesn't want to lose data, it *has* to, because of the way it's > currently implemented. There is no other way (o

Re: [Python-Dev] mmap.flush [was: NeedsReview keyword]

2008-04-15 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> so, still: sorry no, the application should not just look at the result > being returned. If it doesn't want to lose data, it *has* to, because of the way it's currently implemented. There is no other way (other than ignoring the error) in Python 2.5.x and earlier. > The mmap.flush method shoul

[Python-Dev] mmap.flush [was: NeedsReview keyword]

2008-04-15 Thread Ralf Schmitt
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:20 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the flush fails but the programs fails to recognize it? i.e. the > > program > > > assumes the data is written to disk but it isn't? > > > > Why would the program fail to recognize it? It should ju