guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg think original plan reimplement ospopen top subprocesspy convenience api order magnitude simpler still sounds good mon apr 21 2008 244 pm martin v löwis wrote imo ospopen wrong ospopen go away entirely apparently two things redefine close block child process terminated b wrap stdoutstdout textiowrapper actual need specify encoding communicating subprocess id rather make parameter popen regards martin guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 145400 0700 python3000 ospopen versus subprocesspopen