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Author r.david.murray
Recipients Jeff.Hammel, barry, cvrebert, ethan.furman, gregory.p.smith, martin.panter, r.david.murray, takluyver
Date 2015-02-18.18:49:40
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string vs list: see issue 6760 for some background.  Yes, I think it is an API bug, but there is no consensus for fixing it (it would require a deprecation period).

Jeff: in general your points to do not seem to be apropos to this particular proposed enhancement, but are instead addressing other aspects of subprocess and should be dealt with in other targeted issues.
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