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

[Mark Lawrence]

On 24/10/18 14:34, Calvin Spealman wrote:
> In the spirit of "There should be one-- and preferably only one 
> --obvious way to do it." this makes perfect sense.
> 
> The distinction between "your own machine and other peoples machines" is 
> not always clear, nor planned for, nor understood by developers to be an 
> important distinction to make up-front. So the encouragement should be 
> clear.
> 
> Simply put, there is no valid use case for os.system over subprocess by 
> remaining it must be considered redundant.
> 

Really?  From what I've read so far in this thread you've been shot to 
pieces so case closed.  Goodbye.

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Mark Lawrence