[Python-Dev] deprecate commands.getstatus()

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Tue Mar 13 22:32:15 CET 2007


Guido van Rossum schrieb:
> On 3/13/07, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> I'd like to deprecate commands.getstatus() in 2.6.
>>
>> Reason: there is getoutput() and getstatusoutput(). In the latter, "status"
>> means the exit code. getstatus(), however, returns the output of "ls -ld
>> <file>" which is completely nonobvious and confusing.
> 
> +1.

Done in rev. 54361.

Georg



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