New submission from Xavier Morel <xavier.mo...@masklinn.net>:
os.name is defined as: > The following names have currently been registered: 'posix', 'nt', 'java'. In my understanding, the value `'java'` is for the benefit of jython, which is rather poorly. Other third-party implementations which may or may not have a "full os module" (e.g. ironpython) do not -- as far as I can tell -- get to be registered against this value, and Python 3.3's addition of `sys.implementation` seems like a more reliable (and better supported) way to perform implementation-specific checks. Therefore I feel `os.name == 'java'` only exists to confuse readers of the documentation, but doesn't really provide any value, and should be removed. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 411123 nosy: xmorel priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Deprecate / remove os.name=java versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.11, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue46455> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
