"""Dependency-light helpers for launching child processes consistently."""

from __future__ import annotations

import subprocess
import sys


def windows_hide_flags() -> int:
    """Hide a short-lived console child on Win32 and remain a POSIX no-op.

    ``CREATE_NO_WINDOW`` keeps captured stdout and stderr connected, unlike
    detaching the process. Passing ``0`` elsewhere preserves the subprocess
    default. See #5692.
    """
    if sys.platform == "win32":
        return getattr(subprocess, "CREATE_NO_WINDOW", 0)
    return 0