R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> added the comment: Because the shell argument provides important functionality. Or are you suggesting that passing a list implies shell=False and passing a string implies shell=True? That is a possibility, but I think it would not be a good idea, because people will 'accidentally' get shell=True (which, you will note is *not* the default), which is less secure. It is much better, IMO, to make people ask explicitly for the less-safe behavior.
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