python 2.1.2, Linux and 'os' library: bug or (bad) feature?

[Pawel Oleksik]

Martin v. Loewis <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> 
> I think the is the doing of X itself: start the same program from the
> shell prompt, and you should observe the same behaviour.
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 


No way! And as I've written above: python 2.1.1, 2.1.0, and 2.0.1 work OK.


BTW. just for proof:

oleksik at awa:~> ps -A
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:03 init
  [...]
 5592 ?        00:00:02 X
  [...]

oleksik at awa:~> python
Python 2.1.1 (#1, Aug 23 2001, 13:52:32) 
[GCC 2.95.4 20010619 (prerelease)] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> open("/proc/5592/cmdline").read()
'X\x00:1\x00'


So, IMHO, 'os' library from python 2.1.2 has a BUG.
But I'm still iteresting in your opininion.

best regards
p.o.