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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index 0586905..073d859 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -284,6 +284,12 @@ available as the return value of the \method{close()} method of the file object, except that when the exit status is zero (termination without errors), \code{None} is returned. Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. + +\versionchanged[This function worked unreliably under Windows in + earlier versions of Python. This was due to the use of the + \cfunction{_popen()} function from the libraries provided with + Windows. Newer versions of Python do not use the broken + implementation from the Windows libraries]{2.0} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{tmpfile}{} |