Comment on Show HN: Sultan – Pythonic interface to your shellparentComments−friendzis9yAnd then I remember that Windows PowerShell does (attempts to, to be fair) exactly that−stinos9yattempts to, to be fairOutput of ls in PS is an Array of objects (DirectoryInfo or FileInfo instances). How is that merely an attempt?−friendzis9yWhile PS-native stuff yield objects, not all pre-PS utilities/builtins are overriden or have interface for PS and output old fashioned text blob, which is not automagically parsed in any way by PS. My comment was system-level, not utility-level.
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And then I remember that Windows PowerShell does (attempts to, to be fair) exactly that
attempts to, to be fair
Output of ls in PS is an Array of objects (DirectoryInfo or FileInfo instances). How is that merely an attempt?
While PS-native stuff yield objects, not all pre-PS utilities/builtins are overriden or have interface for PS and output old fashioned text blob, which is not automagically parsed in any way by PS. My comment was system-level, not utility-level.