Giampaolo Rodola' <g.rod...@gmail.com> added the comment: > read environment varaiables [...] and raise an error if the size cannot be > read (so no need of default values). The os module is written as a thin > wrapper between Python and the OS. A more high level function (read > environment variables, handle the error, use a namedtuple) can be written in > your application, or maybe in another module.
+1. I also find weird that a function, especially one living in the os module, has such a high level of abstraction (basically this is why I was originally proposing shutil module for this to go in). Given the different opinions about the API, I think it's best to expose the lowest level functionality as-is, and let the user decide what to do (read env vars first, suppress the exception, use a fallback, etc.). > I think we have reached the point where we won't be in total > agreement over the API, so let's choose whatever is submitted > as a patch. I'd be more careful. Once this gets in it will be too late for a change. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13609> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
