Under Scheduler request.is_scheduler is None rather than True - Why?

[Brian M]

Is there a reason why when something is run under the scheduler request.is_scheduler = None rather than True? When you access request.is_scheduler from outside of the scheduler you get False as one would expect. The current None value seems strange/non-intuitive.

#this won't work
if request.is_scheduler:
   #do special scheduler stuff

#To really know if you're running under the scheduler you must use this which makes no sense
if request.is_scheduler == None:
   #do special scheduler stuff
 

This has been the case for a while and is still happening with the latest git trunk

[Niphlod]

can you please file a bug on https://github.com/web2py/web2py/issues ? I'd like to keep track of it and fix ASAP

[Brian M]

https://github.com/web2py/web2py/issues/1484

[Anthony]

We partially fixed the problem last year, but I guess no one tested it. I have proposed a very simple fix in the newly created issue (seems to work after a quick test on Windows).

Anthony

[Brian M]

Thanks Anthony! request.is_scheduler == True now works under Windows for me too.