Code review comment for lp:~gz/bzr/test_ssh_client_medium_eintr__read_bytes

Martin [gz] wrote:
> > But isn't it valid to test for correct behaviour in the face of EINTR on all
> > platforms that have EINTR?
>
> Depends on the test. For mocks, I think it's useful, when dealing with real
> platform code where the outcome will either be a spurious pass or a hang
> depending on the details, I think it's clearer to skip. Note that os.name ==
> "posix" covers linux, bsd (which actually has a different signal interrupt
> paradigm but python switches into the posix style), mac os x, solaris... Name
> me a platform bzr supports that you're worried about skipping the test on?

It's more that I'd rather *not* worry about making sure all relevant platforms
are covered, and instead aim for the broadest possible coverage. If that turns
out to be impractical then os.name == 'posix' will do.