Vote for std.process

[Andrej Mitrovic]

On 4/12/13, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote:
> string[string] is used in the main API to receive environment variables;
> perhaps kinda convenient, but it's impossible to supply environment
> variables with loads of allocations.

I think the functions which take the environment as an associative
array can be changed without breaking any user code. E.g.:

Pid spawnProcess(Env)(in char[][] args,
                 File stdin = std.stdio.stdin,
                 File stdout = std.stdio.stdout,
                 File stderr = std.stdio.stderr,

                 /* was const string[string] env = null */
                 const Env env = Env.init,

                 Config config = Config.none)
    if (isSomeAssociativeArray!Env)  // introduce constraint
{
}

Then the user can provide their custom stack-based type which implements opIn_r.