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Author	draghuram
Recipients	draghuram, loewis, robert.ancell
Date	2007-09-13.16:20:30
SpamBayes Score	0.020558888
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Message-id	<2c51ecee0709130920q314b3c0aia2bb0115d068ae39@mail.gmail.com>
In-reply-to	<1189668127.19.0.0258251668017.issue1159@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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On 9/13/07, Robert Ancell <report@bugs.python.org> wrote: > The Python os.getenv() function accesses an Python dictionary which is > mirroring the process environment. This dictionary is populated when the > interpreter starts and updated when os.environ.__setitem__() or > os.putenv() are called. However if the python program imports an As per the document and my simple test (on Linux), os.putenv() does not update os.environ. I think, it should update it.

On 9/13/07, Robert Ancell <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

> The Python os.getenv() function accesses an Python dictionary which is
> mirroring the process environment. This dictionary is populated when the
> interpreter starts and updated when os.environ.__setitem__() or
> os.putenv() are called. However if the python program imports an

As per the document and my simple test (on Linux), os.putenv() does
not update os.environ. I think, it should update it.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2007-09-13 16:20:30	draghuram	set	spambayes_score: 0.0205589 -> 0.020558888 recipients: + draghuram, loewis, robert.ancell
2007-09-13 16:20:30	draghuram	link	issue1159 messages
2007-09-13 16:20:30	draghuram	create