#!/usr/bin/env python import os import rdflib import unittest import pytest try: from os import fork from os import pipe except ImportError: pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip( reason="No os.fork() and/or os.pipe() on this platform, skipping" ) class TestRandomSeedInFork(unittest.TestCase): def test_bnode_id_differs_in_fork(self): """Checks that os.fork()ed child processes produce a different sequence of BNode ids from the parent process. """ r, w = os.pipe() # these are file descriptors, not file objects pid = os.fork() if pid: pb1 = rdflib.term.BNode() os.close(w) # use os.close() to close a file descriptor r = os.fdopen(r) # turn r into a file object txt = r.read() os.waitpid(pid, 0) # make sure the child process gets cleaned up r.close() else: os.close(r) w = os.fdopen(w, "w") cb = rdflib.term.BNode() w.write(cb) w.close() os._exit(0) assert txt != str( pb1 ), "Parent process BNode id: " + "%s, child process BNode id: %s" % ( txt, str(pb1), ) if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main()