[Python-3000] os.extsep & RISCOS support removal

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Aug 14 04:25:51 CEST 2007


On 8/13/07, skip at pobox.com <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
> I'm working my way through RISCOS code removal.  I came across this note in
> Misc/HISTORY:
>
> - os.extsep -- a new variable needed by the RISCOS support.  It is the
>   separator used by extensions, and is '.' on all platforms except
>   RISCOS, where it is '/'.  There is no need to use this variable
>   unless you have a masochistic desire to port your code to RISCOS.
>
> If RISCOS is going away should os.extsep as well?

Yes please. It just causes more code for no good reason.

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