New submission from anatoly techtonik <techto...@gmail.com>: subprocess.Popen(args, shell=shell) is implicitly inconsistent on Unix: 1. when shell=False, the args should be a list or you'll lose program options 2. when shell=True, the args should be a string or your program options will be passed to shell itself
I propose to make consistent behaviour - require args to be a list, and pass shell options in a separate shell_args keyword argument. If it not for python4, then perhaps it can be implemented in PopenShell() and PopenSystem() functions. This will also require unification of behaviour across platforms. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 145669 nosy: techtonik priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: subprocess: move shell arguments to a separate keyword param _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13197> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
