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bpo-26175: Fix SpooledTemporaryFile IOBase abstract #3249

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Fix SpooledTemporaryFile IOBase abstract
GFernie Aug 30, 2017
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Add news entry for bpo-26175 patch
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Update 2017-08-30-23-14-17.bpo-26175.GOaj9y.rst
merwok Sep 20, 2017
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Make SpooledTemporaryFile subclass IOBase
GFernie Sep 30, 2017
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Refactor tests to more reliably test abstract
GFernie Sep 30, 2017
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Return new absolute position from underlying file on seek
GFernie Sep 9, 2018
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Do nothing on __del__
GFernie Sep 9, 2018
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Return new file size from underlying file on truncate
GFernie Sep 9, 2018
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into bpo-26175_fix-Spool…
GFernie Oct 30, 2019
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Add versionchanged tag
GFernie Oct 30, 2019
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Use :class: instead of :py:data:
GFernie Oct 30, 2019
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Revert "Do nothing on __del__"
GFernie Nov 23, 2019
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Add test for rolled file finalisation
GFernie Nov 23, 2019
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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions Lib/tempfile.py
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Expand Up @@ -685,6 +685,9 @@ def __exit__(self, exc, value, tb):
def __iter__(self):
return self._file.__iter__()

def __del__(self):
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This shouldn't be added: deleting the SpooledTemporaryFile will null out the reference to the underline file, and therefor call its __del__

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I think if you inherit the default IOBase.__del__ implementation, it will call close and defeat any ResourceWarning that might otherwise be emitted. Perhaps it is better to make __del__ do nothing, or set it to object.__del__. [Seems that last option doesn’t exist.]

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I agree: the underlying file should not be explicitly deleted as this is not expected behaviour. I can imagine a situation where someone is deliberately holding a reference to the underlying file and they would not expect/want it to be closed until their own reference has fallen out of scope. I've changed the method to do nothing and added a docstring to reflect this.

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I agree: the underlying file should not be explicitly deleted as this is not expected behaviour

The doc says: """This function operates exactly as TemporaryFile() does, except [irrelevant differences]."""

And then, about TemporaryFile: """On completion of the context or destruction of the file object the temporary file will be removed from the filesystem."""

So it seems the underlying file should be deleted when the file object disappears.

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The point is that IOBase implements a __del__ which has some side-effects. Those side effects are not desirable here. Any underlying buffers being wrapped, e.g. the TemporaryFile or the BytesIO, will be gc'd and handled as they should.

I think this implementation is correct.

return self._file.__del__()
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Hmm, calling the __del__ method directly like that is not correct. __del__ is only to be called when all external references are gone. Instead I would suggest something like the following:

    def __del__(self):
        if not self.closed:
            import warnings
            warnings.warn('unclosed file %r' % (self,), ResourceWarning,
                          stacklevel=2, source=self)
            self.close()

(this is adapted from FileIO.__del__ in Lib/pyio.py)


def close(self):
self._file.close()

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -737,6 +740,12 @@ def newlines(self):
def read(self, *args):
return self._file.read(*args)

def readable(self):
return self._file.readable()

def readinto(self, b):
return self._file.readinto(b)

def readline(self, *args):
return self._file.readline(*args)

Expand All @@ -746,6 +755,9 @@ def readlines(self, *args):
def seek(self, *args):
self._file.seek(*args)

def seekable(self):
return self._file.seekable()

@property
def softspace(self):
return self._file.softspace
Expand All @@ -767,6 +779,9 @@ def write(self, s):
self._check(file)
return rv

def writable(self):
return self._file.writable()

def writelines(self, iterable):
file = self._file
rv = file.writelines(iterable)
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29 changes: 29 additions & 0 deletions Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
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Expand Up @@ -982,6 +982,35 @@ def test_basic(self):
f = self.do_create(max_size=100, pre="a", suf=".txt")
self.assertFalse(f._rolled)

def test_iobase_abstract(self):
# SpooledTemporaryFile should implement the IOBase abstract
iobase_abstract = (
'close',
'closed',
'fileno',
'flush',
'isatty',
'read',
'readable',
'readinto',
'readline',
'readlines',
'seek',
'seekable',
'tell',
'truncate',
'write',
'writable',
'writelines',
'__del__',
)
f = self.do_create()
for attribute in iobase_abstract:
self.assertTrue(
hasattr(f, attribute),
'{} attribute missing'.format(attribute)
)

def test_del_on_close(self):
# A SpooledTemporaryFile is deleted when closed
dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-08-30-23-14-17.bpo-26175.GOaj9y.rst
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Fully implement `io.IOBase` abstract for `tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile`.
Patch by Gary Fernie