"Darryl Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Python on Windows. The Python interface to this function is in the C > code in msvcrtmodule.c, which has a (very thin) wrapper around the raw > OS system call.
I think Fredrik made two points in this regard. 1) The current thin-wrapperness is intentional, not a bug. 2) Changing the behavior would break programs that depend on this feature. Not good. So, as Aahz also suggested, I suspect a new function might have more chance. Terry J. Reedy _______________________________________________ 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