> Hi all,
>
Hi Dan,
> The topic of creating a unified API for open3 for Windows came up at
> RubyConf 2004 this year.
>
> Park, I was wondering if you would mind if we modified win32_popen so that
> the API matches the open3 library that ships with Ruby.
>
I always hope Ruby installer include win32_popen. Of couse I don''t mind
API detail and
the open3.rb compatible API is seems good idea.
> This also means deciding whether or not to leave in the open2, open4, and
> posix stuff. I guess it doesn''t hurt to leave this in, although
Open3.open4
> seems a bit off ;) I suppose we could argue that "Open3" was a
poorly
> chosen module name, but it''s too late now I think.
>
Yes, I guess it is not easy to change Open3 for historical reason.:)
> Also, I had some trouble with win32_popen on XP Home although it seems to
> work fine on my Win2k box. The input handle is fine, but the output and
> error handles came back as nil. I''ll double check this week to
make sure.
>
My PC is XP Prof. and it seems to work fine. Please inform me the result of your
checks.
Cheers,
Park Heesob.