[Python-checkins] r43586 - python/trunk/Modules/posixmodule.c (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Apr 4 08:40:35 CEST 2006

Neal Norwitz wrote:

On 4/3/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

The problem is that it always starts an external application, depending on the extension. It is difficult to make that application go away. Plus, we would need an extension that is known to work on all Windows systems. Ah, I understand. Then the only option I can think of which might be reasonable is to pass a .py file. Would that be possible?

The expected outcome might still vary: for the file association to work, Python must be installed. E.g. when running the 2.5 tests, it might actually invoke Python 2.4 (if that is installed), or it might give some error (if Python is not installed).

To just test the parameter passing, providing a non-existing file could also work; this should trigger an exception. This is a different code path, of course.

Regards, Martin

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