[issue9382] os.popen referenced but not documented in Python 3.x

Éric Araujo added the comment: I suggest we move the discussion to #6490. -- nosy: +eric.araujo resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed superseder: -> os.popen documentation in 2.6 is probably wrong ___ Python

[issue9382] os.popen referenced but not documented in Python 3.x

STINNER Victor added the comment: > Its documentation in both 2.6 and 2.7 notes: > > Deprecated since version 2.6: This function is obsolete. > Use the subprocess module. The deprecation should be removed from Python 2.7: os.popen() will not be removed from Python 2 because 2.7 is the last ma

[issue9382] os.popen referenced but not documented in Python 3.x

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[issue9382] os.popen referenced but not documented in Python 3.x

Eli Bendersky added the comment: os.popen() is certainly deprecated. Its documentation in both 2.6 and 2.7 notes: Deprecated since version 2.6: This function is obsolete. Use the subprocess module. Indeed, the Python 3.x library/os.rst doc mentions it several times, but the documentation w

[issue9382] os.popen referenced but not documented in Python 3.x

STINNER Victor added the comment: > The entire os.popen*() family is supposed be gone in Python 3.x os.popen2(), os.popen3() and os.popen4() were removed in Python 3.0, but os.popen() was kept. Guido wants to keep it because it has a nicer API than subprocess.Popen. I'm too lazy to replace al

[issue9382] os.popen referenced but not documented in Python 3.x

R. David Murray added the comment: (D) in python 3, os.popen has been reimplemented using subprocess.Popen. So the other mentions of os.popen should probably be replaced with mentions of subprocess.Popen. Your (C) is close...the continued existence of os.popen in Python3 is, I think, a bit of

[issue9382] os.popen referenced but not documented in Python 3.x

New submission from Chris Rebert : http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/os.html currently mentions os.popen() in several places. The docs for os.popen() itself say: 'These functions are described in section "File Object Creation"' However, unlike the 2.x version of that section ( http://docs.p