The io module doesn't support non-blocking files

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#57,531 opened on Nov 2, 2011 51 comments 1 reaction 1 assignee View on GitHub

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3.11 3.12 3.13 stdlib topic-IO type-bug

BPO	13322
Nosy	@pitrou, @vstinner, @benjaminp, @jab, @vadmium, @jstasiak, @bharel, @izbyshev
Files	blockingioerror.py blockingioerror.py write_blockingioerror.patch write_blockingioerror.patch write_blockingioerror.patch write_blockingioerror.patch nonblock-none.patch

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2011-11-02.15:08:55.126>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', '3.9']
title = "The io module doesn't support non-blocking files"
updated_at = <Date 2020-08-16.18:51:47.700>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/sbt'

bugs.python.org fields:

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closed_date = None
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creator = 'sbt'
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issue_num = 13322
keywords = ['patch']
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nosy_count = 14.0
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pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue13322'
versions = ['Python 3.9']

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