[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 324 (process module) (original) (raw)

Michael Chermside mcherm at mcherm.com
Tue Aug 3 19:07:45 CEST 2004


Guido writes:

I believe ActiveState's Trent Mick has released something along these lines. Does your proposed API match theirs?

Peter replies: [...]

So, the chances of getting our modules API-compatible are very small.

I'll note that my impression is that Peter's module is not aiming to be particularly innovative in terms of implementation, it's primary "feature" is having a decent API. And my impression is that it has been well received on c.l.py (for instance, I often see it recommended in response to newbie questions). He got a lot of input during the PEP process and tried to incorporate it.

Last time I tried it there were still a few windows issues (docs say these have been resolved), but I thought the API was well-designed. And popen2 isn't.

-- Michael Chermside



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