Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: > I'd love to do the same without catching an exception (they're > expensive!)
Why do you say that? I don't believe that exceptions are expensive (e.g. compared to the system call) ---------- nosy: +loewis title: Do we have something like os.pid_exists()? -> Do we have something like os.pid_exists()? _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6554> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com