[Python-Dev] os.spawnlp() missing on Windows in 2.4? (original) (raw)

Jack Diederich jack at psynchronous.com
Sat Aug 19 16:27:45 CEST 2006

On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 04:34:16AM +0100, Steve Holden wrote:

Scott Dial wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: > >>I just got a report from a Windows user that os.spawnlp() is missing >>from Python 2.4, despite being mentioned in the docs. Can someone >>confirm this? My Windows box is resting. :-) >> > > > "Availability: Unix, Windows. spawnlp(), spawnlpe(), spawnvp() and > spawnvpe() are not available on Windows. New in version 1.6." > > One could argue that it presented poorly, but it reads completely > correct. Alternatively one could says "The 'p' variants are unavailable > on Windows." but that would be assuming someone understand there was a > scheme to the names :-) > How about:

"Availability: Unix; Windows PARTIAL (spawnlp(), spawnlpe(), spawnvp() and spawnvpe() are not implemented). New in version 1.6" Or

*Availability: Unix: All, Windows: spawnl(), spawnle(), spawnv(), spawnve() only. New in version 1.6

Might as well positively list the half that is there instead of the half that isn't.

-Jack

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