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" regards Steve PS: It's not resting, it has gone to meet its maker. It has joined the choir celestial, it has shuffled off this mortal coil, its clock has ceased to cycle, it is no more, it is an X-box. Oh, sorry, that's a Microsoft product isn't it. -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden _______________________________________________ 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
