Controlling an external program with Python

[Paul Duffin]

Alexandre Ferrieux wrote:
> 
> Paul Duffin wrote:
> >
> > Alexandre Ferrieux wrote:
> > >
> > > Paul Duffin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Apparently there is a port of Expect for Python so why not use that
> > > > rather than try and reimplement it all over again.
> > > > Expect has over 7 years of development and centuries of testing on many
> > > > different platforms, do you really want to reproduce that. If so why,
> > > > what exactly is wrong with Expect.
> > >
> > > The same as with TkInter: it needs a full Tcl inside. Again I've got
> > > next to nothing against Tcl, it's just that the separation of orthogonal
> > > things is such a natural thing for me.
> > >
> >
> > ...why not do as I suggested
> > and work with Don Libes on seperating the pseudo tty control stuff into
> > a seperate library which both Tcl and Python can use.
> 
> Perfect. For some reason I didn't realize you were suggesting this.
> What next ? You're a native English speaker, you call Don on the phone
> ;-) ?
> 

The thing is that I am not interested enough in this area to invest my
limited amount of time doing the work. What is needed is a group of
people from the different languages who want to provide really good
Expect like support to get together and sort it out.