From de65790a7466362339a2050f74e71ca614664176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Wilson Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 16:53:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: note fd usage has halved --- docs/changelog.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst index 9773ff04..78dd2c18 100644 --- a/docs/changelog.rst +++ b/docs/changelog.rst @@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ Core Library bugs where a double close could destroy descriptors belonging to an unrelated stream. +* `#419 `_, + `#549 `_, file descriptor usage + during large runs has approximately halved, as it is no longer necessary to + manage every read and write side distinctly, in order to avoid double-close + bugs. Avoiding double-close is instead handled by Python's built-in file + object. + * `a5536c35 `_: avoid quadratic buffer management when logging lines received from a child's redirected standard IO.