John Lenton: > the operating system cleans up the lock. So, are you effectively saying than a custom made solution based on flock can be quite reliable and it could be a reasonable choice to use shelve+flock for small/hobbysts sites? I always thought locking was a bad beast and feared to implement it myself, but maybe I was wrong afterall ...
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