[Python-Dev] deprecate commands.getstatus()

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Fri Mar 23 03:25:33 CET 2007


On 22 Mar, 08:38 pm, guido at python.org wrote:
>And do we even need os.fork(), os.exec*(), os.spawn*()?

Maybe not os.spawn*, but Twisted's spawnProcess is implemented (on UNIX) 
in terms of fork/exec and I believe it should stay that way.  The 
subprocess module isn't really usable for asynchronous subprocess 
communication.
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