[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Fix ProcessTestCasePOSIXPurePython to test the module from import when

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun May 29 15:08:13 CEST 2011


On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 2:13 AM, gregory.p.smith
<python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
> Ironically: I don't think any platform should ever actually _use_ the
> pure Python subprocess code on POSIX platforms anymore.  This at least
> tests it properly in this stable branch.  The pure python code for
> this is likely to be removed in 3.3.

Don't do that - keeping the pure Python equivalents around can help
reduce the level of effort for other implementations (especially
PyPy).

Cheers,
Nick.

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