[Python-Dev] FW: Fixing os.popen on Win32 => is the win32pipestuff going to be adopted? (original) (raw)

James C. Ahlstrom jim@interet.com
Thu, 09 Mar 2000 16:04:59 -0500

Greg Stein wrote:

On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, James C. Ahlstrom wrote: > Of course I wanted you to do it instead of me! Well, if > I get any time before 1.6 comes out... It has been done. Bill Tutt did it a long time ago. That's what win32pipe is all about.

Thanks for the heads up!

Unfortunately, win32pipe is not in the core, and probably covers more ground than just popen() and so might be a maintenance problem. And popen() is not written in it anyway. So we are Not There Yet (TM). Which I guess was Tim's original point.

JimA