[Python-Dev] deprecate commands.getstatus()

André Malo nd at perlig.de
Thu Mar 22 23:12:26 CET 2007


* Titus Brown wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 02:47:58PM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> -> On 3/22/07, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> 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).
>
> How would this differ from subprocess.call()?
>
> 	http://docs.python.org/lib/node530.html

It doesn't implement the system() spec:
<http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/system.html>

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