Guido van Rossum wrote: > It's unlikely to be granted. ... The Python call just wraps the > system call which has a similar API.
What about letting it accept both? Maintaining strict consistency with the C API here at the cost of causing pain on almost all uses of the function seems to be a case of purity beating practicality. -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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
