Starting in python 2.3, sys.path on Windows contains 
the nonexistant directory "c:\python23\lib\plat-win".

I don't know if this is really a bug, since we can no 
longer assume that an entry in sys.path exists or is a 
physical directory.  Still, it seems like each entry in 
sys.path should be able to resolve to SOMETHING.

I would've flagged this low priority if I had the capability.

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Strange.  I see it under Python 2.1.3 too.  So it's not a new 
thing, but somehow 2.2.3 managed to get rid of it temporarily 
<wink>.  Boosting the priority to 4, since it's at least a 
mystery!

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There's a wierd bug on line 255 of getpathp.c.  The malloc 
fails when trying to allocate 42 bytes, which is the length 
of "\Software\Python\PythonCore\X.X\PythonPath" and it 
causes the function to abort.

Just on a hunch, I bumped the malloc size up to 44 since 
that's an even number of dwords, and the malloc magically 
succeeded.

Also, Since I'm running XP, shouldn't the 
sizeof "\Software\Python\PythonCore\X.X\PythonPath" be 84?

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Disregard last comment.  I ran a clean and the problem 
disappeared.

I'm able to reproduce it on 2.4, 2.5 and it's most likely still here in
the trunk. Is it still considered a bug ?


>>> import sys

>>> import os

>>> for file in sys.path:

...     print "%s - %s" % (file, os.path.exists(file))

...

: False

C:\WINNT\system32\python25.zip : False

C:\PYTHON25 : True

C:\Python25\DLLs : True

C:\Python25\lib : True

C:\Python25\lib\plat-win : False

C:\Python25\lib\lib-tk : True

C:\Python25\lib\site-packages : True

If I look at Lib/plat-win back at rev 16910, winreg.py could be found
there.  Everything I see in the tree referencing plat-win is
documentation, except the PYTONPATH define itself.  It looks like
Lib/plat-win was removed back in revision 16911 [Aug 20,2000].

Log output:
Remove the winreg module from the project.  I don't believe any
docs changes are needed (only reference to winreg I could find
was in libwinreg.tex, which is documenting _winreg, and merely
mentions that a higher-level winreg module *may* appear someday;
that's still true).

And made its way back in, in 27697 [July 19, 2002].

Log output:
Land Patch [ 566100 ] Rationalize DL_IMPORT and DL_EXPORT.


I'm thinking this is stale code.

As per the test app, I know from a previous inquiry of mine that
C:\WINNT\system32\python25.zip (and the like on different systems /
version) is in fact necessary.

Your thoughts?

Still an issue in 2.6, 2.7, 3.1 and 3.2.

THis was fixed almost two years ago in Py3K. Won't fix for 2.7