[ python-Bugs-837577 ] cryptic os.spawnvpe() return code

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Bugs item #837577, was opened at 2003-11-06 23:11
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Clinton Roy (clintonroy)
>Assigned to: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Summary: cryptic os.spawnvpe() return code 

Initial Comment:
Hellos,

If a non string value is passed along in an environment
mapping to os.spawnvpe() it cryptically returns 127,
which doesn't help discover the problem at all.

I think an exception should be raised, much like
attempting to set something in os.environ to a non string.

thanks,

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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-02-20 18:32

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This is hard to fix because of backwards compatibility. Neal?

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