Python 2.6/Windows: shlex.split() does not support unicode
strings. Is this simply a limitation of the current shlex
implementation or is this an intentional design decision that
reflects the behavior of how the Windows shell supports unicode
values?
Specifically, it doesn't appear that
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 6:54 AM, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote:
Python 2.6/Windows: shlex.split() does not support unicode strings. Is this
simply a limitation of the current shlex implementation or is this an
intentional design decision that reflects the behavior of how the Windows
shell supports
Hi Chris,
It's a bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue1170
Thanks for pointing out the shlex bug. My concern was that shlex had
Windows specific Unicode limitations because of the way the Windows
shell so poorly supports unicode output.
Kudos for avoiding shell=True
My understanding is that the
On 30/08/2010 3:24 PM, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote:
My understanding is that the only time one needs to use shell=True is
when they are 'executing' a non-executable file whose executable must be
discovered via file association rules? Does that sound accurate?
I'm not entirely sure what you mean
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:24:26 -0400, python wrote:
Kudos for avoiding shell=True
My understanding is that the only time one needs to use shell=True is
when they are 'executing' a non-executable file whose executable must be
discovered via file association rules? Does that sound accurate?
