"\"Martin v. Löwis\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And do we even need os.fork(), os.exec*(), os.spawn*()? > > I don't know about about *os*.fork; I surely like to have posix.fork. > The posix module exposes many OS functions as-is. This has the > advantage that their semantics are crystal-clear: they do whatever the > system call does (which, ideally, is what POSIX specifies for it). > So you can do systems programming in Python, and only need good > knowledge of the underlying system calls (i.e. using Python as a > better C).
I definitely agree. Removing the POSIX system call mappings would make Python less useful and general-purpose. Yes it's nice to have high-level utility functions like those in the subprocess module, but I think it's very important for the low-level functions to be there too when you need them. _______________________________________________ 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
