Re: [Python-Dev] "Deprecation" of os.system in favor of subprocess?

2018-10-25 Thread Michael Felt
Thanks for asking a question that triggered an enlightening discussion! On 10/25/2018 5:13 PM, Stephane Wirtel wrote: > Hi all, > > After your feedback, I have my answer. > > I understand the your points of view and I don't want to change any part > of code for os.system and subprocess, I don't w

Re: [Python-Dev] "Deprecation" of os.system in favor of subprocess?

2018-10-25 Thread Stephane Wirtel
Hi all, After your feedback, I have my answer. I understand the your points of view and I don't want to change any part of code for os.system and subprocess, I don't want to deprecate os.system in favor of subprocess. I just wanted to know your opinion about this point. +1 to use os.system when

Re: [Python-Dev] "Deprecation" of os.system in favor of subprocess?

2018-10-25 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 22:00, Nick Coghlan wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 01:34, Calvin Spealman wrote: > > Simply put, there is no valid use case for os.system over subprocess by > > remaining it must be considered redundant. > > They do different things. The warnings against using os.system

Re: [Python-Dev] "Deprecation" of os.system in favor of subprocess?

2018-10-25 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 01:34, Calvin Spealman wrote: > Simply put, there is no valid use case for os.system over subprocess by > remaining it must be considered redundant. They do different things. The warnings against using os.system are based on "If you don't know whether or not you have the u