Odd code in lib\os.py

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Andrew Wilkinson wrote:
> Is there any reason for it being there, or can I submit a patch to have it
> remove?

See

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/python/python/dist/src/Lib/os.py.diff?r1=1.23&r2=1.24

There once was a longer list, so that the exec statement was the only 
convenient way to formulate this fragment. It would be fine to change 
that, now.

Regards,
Martin