Can Python replace TCL/Expect

Cameron Laird claird at lairds.us
Thu Oct 6 13:08:03 EDT 2005


In article <slrndkae7r.2ss.jgrahn-nntq at frailea.sa.invalid>,
Jorgen Grahn  <jgrahn-nntq at algonet.se> wrote:
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>It depends. I do not feel /that/ advanced, but I've been bitten by pexpect's
>limitations several times in several places.
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>... which puts me in a weird position ;-) I /loathe/ the Tcl language, but I
>have to admit that its expect functionality is far superior to Python's.
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'Salright.  There are Tcl programmers who feel the same way,
for example, about Python and its object orientation.

On to more constructive matters:  what are you doing about
Pexpect's limitations?  Have the maintainers responded to you
when you write?  Are you tempted to compose enhancements for
yourself?



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