[Python-Dev] os.getgroups() on MacOS X Was: red buildbots on 2.7

[Tres Seaver]

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Alexander Belopolsky wrote:

> In my view, getgroups and getgrouplist are two fundamentally different
> operations and both should be provided by the os module.  Redefining
> os.getgroups to invoke getgrouplist instead of system getgroups on one
> particular platform to work around that platform's system call
> limitation is not right.

+1.  syscall wrappers should err on the side of thinness, even to the
point of anorexia.


Tres.
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