[Python-ideas] shutil.run no security thread

[Nick Coghlan]

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 6:47 PM, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, let's separately discuss shutil.run() added value without touching
> security at all (subj changed).
>
> Is it ok? Is it nice idea? Would it be included in stdlib in an ideal
> world where security implications doesn't matter?

Sure. That world is called PHP (or C, for that matter).

We *care* about security implications, and trying to be secure by
default is part of that. Usability isn't everything, and it's OK if
software development is sometimes hard.

Cheers,
Nick.

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