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Author Alexander.Belopolsky
Recipients Alexander.Belopolsky, benjamin.peterson, doko
Date 2010-03-16.22:34:18
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As far as I can tell, it does not *crash* the interpreter.  Instead, it replaces the python interpreter process with a "true" utility.

$ ./python.exe 
Python 2.7a4+ (trunk:78816M, Mar  9 2010, 18:57:13) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646) (dot 1)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os; os.execlp('true')
$ echo $?
0
$ ./python.exe 
Python 2.7a4+ (trunk:78816M, Mar  9 2010, 18:57:13) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646) (dot 1)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os; os.execlp('false')
air:trunk sasha$ echo $?
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