"python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7

[Dave Angel]

On 04/27/2013 08:22 PM, cormogram at gmail.com wrote:
> Was trying os.execl() and got a "python.exe has stopped working" on my Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 desktop.
>
> I'm using Python 2.7.4 and that happens when the second arg is ''. For example:
>
> os.execl('filename.exe','')
>
>
> Wtf? :(
>
> http://postimg.org/image/vdliyuenh/
>

Do you really have a program called  filename.exe ?

Are you by any chance running this inside some shell or debugger, like 
IDLE or KOMODO?  Or is it a GUI program ?  More specifically, does it 
still give an error like that if you have a two-line Python program:
    import os
    os.execl('filename.exe', '')

execl is supposed to replace the current (python) program, with the 
filename.exe one.  But if the current program has any OS resources in 
use (like file objects), they don't get flushed/released.

The execl was intended for use on Unix, and Windows can't really do what 
it's documented to do.

If you don't get any useful answers here, I'd suggest going to 
multiprocess module.

-- 
DaveA