[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib pdb.py

[Skip Montanaro]

    Gerrit> I understand that it isn't portable to Windows, but why isn't it
    Gerrit> portable to JPython? Doesn't the os.popen function exist in
    Gerrit> JPython? If so, why not?

Probably doesn't exist because it can't portably be supported everywhere.
JPython would have to call some sort of Java routine instead (if such a
beast even exists).

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