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Author	cvrebert
Recipients	cvrebert, docs@python, r.david.murray, techtonik
Date	2012-05-23.05:04:58
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Message-id	<1337749498.95.0.91929438037.issue14879@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The term "invalid arguments" in "A ValueError will be raised if Popen is called with invalid arguments." is still vague. One could well argue that a nonexistent executable or bad command is "invalid". Anything resulting in an OSError can be considered "invalid" in a sense. The ValueError sentence should use a different descriptor or else include a qualifier. +1 on calling out the shell=True case. (My but how the `shell` argument complicates everything...)

The term "invalid arguments" in "A ValueError will be raised if Popen is called with invalid arguments." is still vague. One could well argue that a nonexistent executable or bad command is "invalid". Anything resulting in an OSError can be considered "invalid" in a sense. The ValueError sentence should use a different descriptor or else include a qualifier.

+1 on calling out the shell=True case.
(My but how the `shell` argument complicates everything...)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-05-23 05:04:59	cvrebert	set	recipients: + cvrebert, techtonik, r.david.murray, docs@python
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