Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> added the comment: 2010/12/3 Georg Brandl <rep...@bugs.python.org>: > > Georg Brandl <ge...@python.org> added the comment: > > In util.system(), Mercurial adds its own pair of quotes: > > if os.name == 'nt': > cmd = '"%s"' % cmd > > That will result in one level of quoting too much. > > Now it seems unfortunate that this change was done in a minor version. > It is definitely a bug fix, but one that many users have already worked > around, probably in the same way as Mercurial. > > Possible ways to resolve: > > * make addition of quotes Python-version-specific in Mercurial > * revert to old behavior in Python 2.7.2 (ugly) > * add a check for quotes around the string in Python 2.7.2, and refrain from > adding another set of quotes
I think we should just leave it alone. If it change the behavior again in 2.7.2, it'll be even more consistent than before. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10618> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
