# Open4 in standard library?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open4-in-standard-library/88683>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 13, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open4-in-standard-library/88683 "2007-03-13T15:27:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![reflex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@reflex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reflex)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open4-in-standard-library/88683/1 "2007-03-13T15:27:27Z")

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Hello

(Sorry for any duplicate messages, I sent this yesterday and it didn’t  
seem to reach the list…)

I was wondering if Ara’s open4 extension could be considered for  
inclusion in ruby’s standard library, or if the same solution used to  
return the exit status could be used in open3. Open3.popen3 is a bit  
annoying in that it doesn’t set $?, or return the status somehow.

Best regards,  
Andre