[Python-Dev] Exposing the Android platform existence to Python modules

[Guido van Rossum]

Right.

On Saturday, August 2, 2014, Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com>
wrote:

> On 02/08/2014 7:36 pm, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Phil Thompson <
>> phil at riverbankcomputing.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  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.
>>>
>>>
>> sys.platform is for a broad indication of the OS kernel. It can be used to
>> distinguish Windows, Mac and Linux (and BSD, Solaris etc.). Since Android
>> is Linux it should have the same sys.platform as other Linux systems
>> ('linux2'). If you want to know whether a specific syscall is there, check
>> for the presence of the method in the os module.
>>
>
> It's not just the os module - other modules contain code that would be
> affected, but there are plenty of other parts of the Python stdlib that
> aren't implemented on every platform. Using the approach you prefer then
> all that's needed is to update the documentation to say that certain things
> are not implemented on Android.
>
> Phil
>


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--Guido van Rossum (on iPad)
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