[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #18393: Remove use of deprecated API on OSX

[Zachary Ware]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:32 AM, ronald.oussoren
<python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ccbaf6762b54
> changeset:   84634:ccbaf6762b54
> user:        Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com>
> date:        Mon Jul 15 18:32:09 2013 +0200
> summary:
>   Issue #18393: Remove use of deprecated API on OSX
>
> The "Gestalt" function on OSX is deprecated (starting with OSX 10.8),
> remove its usage from the stdlib. The patch removes a number of private

I believe this means that Lib/test/leakers/test_gestalt.py can be
removed as well.

> functions and a private module, but does not change the public API.
>
> The removed code was effectively dead, the platform module has used
> other code to fetch the OSX version for years and could only use
> on the Gestalt-based code as a fallback. That fallback can only trigger
> on broken OSX installs (that is, someone has removed parts of the system
> install)
>
> files:
>   Lib/platform.py    |  64 +-------------------------
>   Misc/NEWS          |   4 +
>   Modules/_gestalt.c |  84 ----------------------------------
>   setup.py           |   4 -
>   4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 151 deletions(-)
>
>
> <snip diffs>
>
> --
> Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
>

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Zach