On 13 Jun 2014 12:12, "Nikolaus Rath" <nikol...@rath.org> wrote: > > "R. David Murray" <rdmur...@bitdance.com> writes: > > Also notice that using a list with shell=True is using the API > > incorrectly. It wouldn't even work on Linux, so that torpedoes > > the cross-platform concern already :) > > > > This kind of confusion is why I opened http://bugs.python.org/issue7839. > > Can someone describe an use case where shell=True actually makes sense > at all?
When you're writing platform specific code, it's occasionally useful. It's generally best avoided, though. Cheers, Nick.
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