On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 04:34:16AM +0100, Steve Holden wrote: > Scott Dial wrote: > > Guido van Rossum wrote: > > > >>I just got a report from a Windows user that os.spawnlp() is missing > >>from Python 2.4, despite being mentioned in the docs. Can someone > >>confirm this? My Windows box is resting. :-) > >> > > > > > > "Availability: Unix, Windows. spawnlp(), spawnlpe(), spawnvp() and > > spawnvpe() are not available on Windows. New in version 1.6." > > > > One could argue that it presented poorly, but it reads completely > > correct. Alternatively one could says "The 'p' variants are unavailable > > on Windows." but that would be assuming someone understand there was a > > scheme to the names :-) > > > How about: > > "Availability: Unix; Windows PARTIAL (spawnlp(), spawnlpe(), spawnvp() > and spawnvpe() are not implemented). New in version 1.6" > Or
*Availability: Unix: All, Windows: spawnl(), spawnle(), spawnv(), spawnve() only. New in version 1.6 Might as well positively list the half that is there instead of the half that isn't. -Jack _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
