shared_semaphores cannot be shared across unrelated processes
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Description
| BPO | 38035 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @pitrou, @taleinat, @applio, @vinay0410, @idomic |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2019-09-05.05:01:08.289>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.9']
title = 'shared_semaphores cannot be shared across unrelated processes'
updated_at = <Date 2020-06-19.09:55:04.008>
user = 'https://github.com/vinay0410'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2020-06-19.09:55:04.008>
actor = 'vinay0410'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2019-09-05.05:01:08.289>
creator = 'vinay0410'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 38035
keywords = []
message_count = 11.0
messages = ['351176', '351214', '351225', '352361', '353455', '362486', '362493', '362495', '370322', '370764', '371863']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'taleinat', 'davin', 'vinay0410', 'Ido Michael']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue38035'
versions = ['Python 3.9']
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Research direction
The issue identifies Python's library support for shared semaphores but names no implementation files or tests. Start by locating the shared_semaphores implementation and its existing process-sharing tests, then determine the expected behavior for unrelated processes and add coverage showing that behavior is supported.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100