Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv308 Modified Files: whatsnew24.tex Log Message: Start section for PEP 324 Index: whatsnew24.tex =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex,v retrieving revision 1.108 retrieving revision 1.109 diff -u -d -r1.108 -r1.109 --- whatsnew24.tex 11 Oct 2004 19:20:06 -0000 1.108 +++ whatsnew24.tex 12 Oct 2004 15:58:02 -0000 1.109 @@ -427,6 +427,28 @@ %====================================================================== +\section{PEP 324: New subprocess Module} + +The standard library provides a number of ways to +execute a subprocess, each of which offers different features and +levels of difficulty. \function{os.system(\var{command})} is easy, but +slow -- it runs a shell process which executes the command -- +and dangerous -- you have to be careful about escaping metacharacters. +The \module{popen2} module offers classes that can capture +standard output and standard error from the subprocess, but the naming +is confusing. + +The \module{subprocess} module cleans all this up, providing a unified +interface that offers all the features you might need. + +% XXX finish writing this section by adding some examples + + +\begin{seealso} +\seepep{324}{subprocess - New process module}{Written and implemented by Peter Astrand, with assistance from Fredrik Lundh and others.} +\end{seealso} + +%====================================================================== \section{PEP 327: Decimal Data Type} Python has always supported floating-point (FP) numbers as a data