Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> added the comment: On 12/21/2011 12:03 PM, Éric Araujo wrote: > > Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment: > >>> In the passage I quoted, I don’t understand what is meant by “non-Python >>> resources”. >> Think about e.g. mounting a file system. > > Ah, ok. In that case there would still be a Python-level object (just like a > Python file object will also release the OS-level handle when it’s closed).
I don't think so. subprocess.check_call(['mount', 'bla', '/mnt']) Allocates the resource (mounts the file system) but doesn't leave you with any Python object. Best, -Nikolaus ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13585> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
