On 3/22/07, Michael Foord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: > > Sure. os.fork() and the os.exec*() family can stay. But os.spawn*(), > > that abomination invented by Microsoft? I also hear no opposition > > against killign os.system() and os.popen() > > Except that 'os.system' is really easy to use and I use it rarely enough > that I *always* have to RTFM for subprocess which makes you jump through > a few more (albeit simple) hoops.
So let's add subprocess.system() which takes care of the hoops (but still allows you more flexibility through optional keyword parameters). > Additionally, AFAIK subprocess is still broken for py2exe'd applications > which is a problem. That doesn't sound like an API design concern -- it's a bug that just needs to be fixed somewhere. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
