
Oct. 13, 2004
5:56 p.m.
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Tim Peters wrote:
But subprocess, the Python 2.4 version, will *never* use it, because _subprocess is always available (isn't this now even a builtin module, in python24.dll?).
Yes, it is. I haven't had time to read the PEP, but I assumed some "backward compatibility" constraint is at work here too, since, e.g., subprocess.py has
try: False
The PEP doesn't say anything about this, but my intention is that the module should work on Python 2.2 and newer. My employer really needs this. If the subprocess module in the Python CVS won't work with 2.2, I'm forced to keep a separate "fork". I would be happy if this could be avoided. /Peter Åstrand <astrand@lysator.liu.se>