Re: Inconsistent behaviour of methods waiting for child process

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Date	Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:10:29 -0600
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What version of python and os are you running?

*Matt Jones*


On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Marcin Szewczyk <python-list@wodny.org>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've done some experiments with:
> 1) multiprocessing.Process.join()
> 2) os.waitpid()
> 3) subprocess.Popen.wait()
>
> These three methods behave completely different when interrupted with a
> signal which I find disturbing.
>
> Reactions are:
> 1) exit with no exception or special return code
> 2) OSError exception
> 3) quiet retry (no exit)
>
> The 1) case is very impractical.
>
> Is there any movement towards standardization of those 3?
>
> Am I missing something and there is a way to get more information from
> Process.join()?
>
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Re: Inconsistent behaviour of methods waiting for child process Matt Jones <matt.walker.jones@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 08:10 -0600

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