On 02/08/2014 4:34 am, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Or SL4A? (https://github.com/damonkohler/sl4a)
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>
wrote:
On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 05:53:45AM +0400, Akira Li wrote:
> Python uses os.name, sys.platform, and various functions from `platform`
> module to provide version info:
[...]
> If Android is posixy enough (would `posix` module work on Android?)
> then os.name could be left 'posix'.
Does anyone know what kivy does when running under Android?
I don't think either do anything.
As the OP said, porting Python to Android is mainly about dealing with a
C stdlib that is limited in places. Therefore there might be the odd
missing function or attribute in the Python stdlib - just the same as
can happen with other platforms.
To me the issue is whether, for a particular value of sys.platform, the
programmer can expect a particular Python stdlib API. If so then Android
needs a different value for sys.platform.
On the other hand if the programmer should not expect to make such an
assumption, and should instead allow for the absence of certain
functions (but which ones?), then the existing value of 'linux' should
be fine.
Another option I don't think I've seen suggested, given the recommended
way of testing for Linux is to use sys.platform.startswith('linux'), is
to use a value of 'linux-android'.
Phil
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