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Having written something with similar purpose (https://github.com/aht/extpr=
oc), here are my comments:

* Having command parsed from a string is complicated. Why not just have an =
OOP API to construct commands? extproc does this, but you opted to write a =
recursive descent parser. I'm sure it's fun but I think simple is better th=
an complex. Most users would prefer not to deal with Python, not another la=
nguage.

* Using threads and fork()ing process does not play nice together unless ex=
treme care is taken. Disasters await. For a shell-like library, I would rec=
ommend its users to never use threads (so that those who do otherwise know =
what they are in for).