http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-January/050834.html
^^ From a year ago or so--did this never get put into Python trunk? As far as I can tell the answer is no. It's something I'd like to use in Python if available, though, writing a small wrapper wouldn't be out of the question if need be. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
