[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (2.6): #14984: only import pwd on POSIX. (original) (raw)

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Thu Sep 19 06:09:30 CEST 2013


On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:38:48 -0400, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

On Sep 18, 2013, at 03:00 PM, r.david.murray wrote:

>http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fb3ad8a749c8 >changeset: 85749:fb3ad8a749c8 >branch: 2.6 >parent: 85735:1b673e0fd8f3 >user: R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> >date: Wed Sep 18 08:49:25 2013 -0400 >summary: > #14984: only import pwd on POSIX. > >files: > Lib/netrc.py | 4 +++- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > >diff --git a/Lib/netrc.py b/Lib/netrc.py >--- a/Lib/netrc.py >+++ b/Lib/netrc.py >@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ > > # Module and documentation by Eric S. Raymond, 21 Dec 1998 > >-import os, stat, shlex, pwd >+import os, stat, shlex >+if os.name == 'posix': >+ import pwd Would it make more sense to do: try: import pwd except ImportError: pwd = None

I don't think so. The code that uses pwd is protected by an 'if os.name == 'posix' as well. I think that's clearer than setting pwd to none and guarding that section by 'if pwd'. And in 3.4 I just moved the import into the if block that uses it.

--David



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