[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-468384 ] os.P_* constants poorly documented (original) (raw)

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Bugs item #468384, was opened at 2001-10-05 12:37 You can respond by visiting: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=468384&group_id=5470

Category: Documentation Group: Python 2.2 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro) Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake) Summary: os.P_* constants poorly documented

Initial Comment: The P_* constants in the os module are not well documented:

Possible values for the mode parameter to spawnv()
and spawnve().

Since these constants originated in the Windows spawn* functions, they are not likely to be well-understood outside that environment. P_WAIT and P_NOWAIT have obvious meanings, but the others are unclear (at least to me).

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