Jan. 2, 2015
1:30 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015, at 07:35, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
The os module is for low-level operating-system functions. "Send to trash" is neither low-level nor part of the OS per se, it is part of the desktop environment.
What is the correct place for high-level functions that need to be implemented in a different way on each OS? I think the problem is that some people view os as "low-level functions, like the ones found in unistd.h" and other people view it as "where to put stuff that needs a separate implementation per platform". The actual description in the documentation is "This module provides a portable way of using operating system dependent functionality." Nothing about low-level.