[issue29472] subprocess.communicate with timeout 0 and already terminated process generates TimeoutExpired on Linux

2017-02-07 Thread Maurice van der Pot
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[issue29472] subprocess.communicate with timeout 0 and already terminated process generates TimeoutExpired on Linux

2017-02-07 Thread Maurice van der Pot
New submission from Maurice van der Pot: This only happens when: - timeout is small enough - at least one stream is redirected to a PIPE When I know for certain that a subprocess has already terminated and I call communicate to retrieve its results with a timeout of 0 (or other small enough