import fcntl import os import sys def shout_stdout(size): sys.stdout.write('A' * size) return 'success' def file_is_blocking(fobj): return not (fcntl.fcntl(fobj.fileno(), fcntl.F_GETFL) & os.O_NONBLOCK) def stdio_is_blocking(): return [file_is_blocking(f) for f in [sys.stdin, sys.stdout, sys.stderr]]