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Author	Yuval.Weinbaum
Recipients	Yuval.Weinbaum, docs@python
Date	2013-01-01.14:56:29
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In fcntl module, the documentation states the following regarding the mutate_flag in ioctl method: * If it is false, the buffer’s mutability is ignored and behaviour is as for a read-only buffer, except that the 1024 byte limit mentioned above is avoided – so long as the buffer you pass is as least as long as what the operating system wants to put there, things should work. * However, looking at the code (fcntlmodule.c) it seems that the 1024 bytes limitation is avoided when the mutate_flag is set to True (the opposite of what is stated in the doc).

In fcntl module, the documentation states the following regarding the mutate_flag in ioctl method:

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If it is false, the buffer’s mutability is ignored and behaviour is as for a read-only buffer, except that the 1024 byte limit mentioned above is avoided – so long as the buffer you pass is as least as long as what the operating system wants to put there, things should work.
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However, looking at the code (fcntlmodule.c) it seems that the 1024 bytes limitation is avoided when the mutate_flag is set to True (the opposite of what is stated in the doc).

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Date	User	Action	Args
2013-01-01 14:56:30	Yuval.Weinbaum	set	recipients: + Yuval.Weinbaum, docs@python
2013-01-01 14:56:29	Yuval.Weinbaum	set	messageid: <[email protected]>
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