[Python-ideas] Suprocess functionality partitioning

[Joshua Landau]

On 12 June 2013 20:32, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Something needs to be done about subprocess API, which got overly
> complicated.
>
> The idea is to have:
>   shutil.run()  - run command through shell, unsafe
>   sys.run()    - run command directly in operating system, ?safe
>
> Both should be API compatible (unblocking stdin/stdout read etc.).
> Currently, subprocess calls are unreadable in any Python code - many
> conditions makes its behaviour hard to predict and memorize. By
> partitioning shell and out-of-shell execution, the documentation will be
> easier to grasp and reference to. Maybe it will be even possible to add
> some 2D table of various subprocess states that affect behavior.

Ranger (the best file manager ;P - http://ranger.nongnu.org/) has
shown that the current method is rather useful - a simple flag to run
in shell vs not is much easier to handle. I also, in my experience,
appreciate the quick toggling we have for utilising the two modes. I
also cannot agree that it would be easier to memorize the two
functions than the one with the flag.

So I'd be inclined to disagree with the proposal.