[docs] [issue13826] Having a shlex example in the subprocess.Popen docs is confusing

[Julian Berman]

New submission from Julian Berman <Julian+Python.org at GrayVines.com>:

The example at http://docs.python.org/dev/library/subprocess.html#popen-constructor seems a bit misplaced, as it seems to suggest that one should use the shlex module. Most of the other examples in the module seem to use a list to provide the args, so if there was a need to just point out that shlex could be used for a corner case perhaps it'd be better suited as a footnote or another subsection somewhere.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 151624
nosy: Julian, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Having a shlex example in the subprocess.Popen docs is confusing
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

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