On 04/30/2013 11:49 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Dave Angel <da...@davea.name> wrote:
On 04/30/2013 11:27 AM, tro...@mdlogix.com wrote:
Please help me to debug
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shmid = shmget(SHM_KEY, SHM_SIZE, 0o666)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
0o666 is indeed a syntax error. What is that value supposed to be? If it's
intended to be an int that's equal to octal 666, just use 438
Without checking docs, I would guess that to be Unix file permissions,
which make most sense in octal.
So put the octal description in the comment. I think the Python 2.x
syntax for octal is a travesty. And of course it's non-portable to
Python 3. I would not intentionally leave 0666 in my source code,
unless there was some other overriding reason for it. And then I'd
surround it with snide remarks.
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DaveA
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