[Python-Dev] Vilnius/Post EuroPython PyPy Sprint 12-14th of July

2007-06-22 Thread Armin Rigo
Vilnius/Post EuroPython PyPy Sprint 12-14th of July The PyPy team is sprinting at EuroPython again and we invite you to participate in our 3 day long sprint at the conference hotel - R

[Python-Dev] Proposal for a new function "open_noinherit" to avoid problems with subprocesses and security risks

2007-06-22 Thread Henning von Bargen
I'd like to propose a new function "open_noinherit" or maybe even a new mode flag "n" for the builtin "open" (see footnote for the names). The new function should work exactly like the builtin "open", with one difference: The open file is not inherited to any child processes (whereas files opened

[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

2007-06-22 Thread Kurt B. Kaiser
Patch / Bug Summary ___ Patches : 385 open (+21) / 3790 closed (+21) / 4175 total (+42) Bugs: 1029 open (+43) / 6744 closed (+43) / 7773 total (+86) RFE : 262 open ( +4) / 291 closed ( +4) / 553 total ( +8) New / Reopened Patches __ syslog sy

Re: [Python-Dev] Proposal for a new function "open_noinherit" to avoid problems with subprocesses and security risks

2007-06-22 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Henning von Bargen schrieb: > I'd like to propose a new function "open_noinherit" > or maybe even a new mode flag "n" for the builtin "open" > (see footnote for the names). Do you have a patch implementing that feature? I believe it's unimplementable in Python 2.x: open() is mapped to fopen(), whi