R. David Murray added the comment: It may be a backward compatibility problem to change it, but although the os functions tend to be thin wrappers, we also try to be cross platform when possible and we tend to follow what the corresponding shell command does rather than what the posix API does when there is a conflict.
Clearly this case is a grey area, but it is worth thinking about at least. Perhaps the change could be made in the newer and more cross-platform replace. ---------- nosy: +r.david.murray _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21876> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
