[Python-Dev] forwarded message from Fred L. Drake

[Guido van Rossum]

> ... and that's a good point, too.  The POSIX functions may provide
> adaptability that a Python analog doesn't; for example, you could read
> /etc/passwd in pure Python, but that wouldn't handle NIS or shadow
> passwords.  So I guess I'll vote for completeness over lack of
> overlap; leave tmpfile() & friends in.

OK, I agree now.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)