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From: Mike Meyer <m...@mired.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:25:25 -0500
Local: Fri, Feb 24 2012 6:25 am
Subject: Re: [Python-ideas] shutil.runret and shutil.runout
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:10:08 +0100
Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: The stated purpose of the new functions is to allow people to run > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:52 AM, anatoly techtonik <techto...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Hello, > > subprocess is low level, cryptic, does too much, with poor usability, > > i.e. "don't make me think" is not about it. I don't know about you, > > but I can hardly write any subprocess call without spending at least > > 5-10 meditating over the documentation. So, I propose two high level > > KISS functions for shell utils (shutil) module: > > runret(command) - run command through shell, return ret code > mmm you are describing subprocess.call() here... I don't see how this new > command makes thing better, besides shell=True. shell commands without thinking about them. That's a bad idea (isn't most programming without thinking about it?). The first problem is that it's a great way to add data injection vulnerabilities to your application. It's also a good way to introduce bugs in your application when asked to (for instance) process user-provided file names. -1 <mike O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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