[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #6476: Document that os.spawnle and os.spawnve are not thread-safe under

[antoine.pitrou]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3fa7581f6d46
changeset:   71411:3fa7581f6d46
branch:      2.7
parent:      71408:5c7520e02d5a
user:        Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
date:        Tue Jul 19 01:26:58 2011 +0200
summary:
  Issue #6476: Document that os.spawnle and os.spawnve are not thread-safe under Windows.

files:
  Doc/library/os.rst |  4 +++-
  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -2052,7 +2052,9 @@
       os.spawnvpe(os.P_WAIT, 'cp', L, os.environ)
 
    Availability: Unix, Windows.  :func:`spawnlp`, :func:`spawnlpe`, :func:`spawnvp`
-   and :func:`spawnvpe` are not available on Windows.
+   and :func:`spawnvpe` are not available on Windows.  :func:`spawnle` and
+   :func:`spawnve` are not thread-safe on Windows; we advise you to use the
+   :mod:`subprocess` module instead.
 
    .. versionadded:: 1.6
 

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