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

[cormogram at gmail.com]

Probably a bug I suppose. :(

I've used subprocess before and it works fine. I was just learning about the os module. os.execl() works if you provide no nulls, for example:

os.execl('c:\\bin\\filename.exe','filename.exe','arg1')

Is there the place to open a ticket for Python developers? Who keeps the os module?

On Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:02:01 PM UTC-3, Dave Angel wrote:
> On 04/27/2013 09:05 PM, cormogram at gmail.com wrote:
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> > Yes, just those two lines cause the error. 'filename.exe' exists and runs ok in the command prompt. Any other executable cause the problem, also '', for example:
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> > If doesn't work on Windows it should give an error message, right?
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> I'm not running Windows any more, so it's hard to be conclusive.  When I 
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> saw the description, I just assumed it'd be problematic under Windows. 
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> That's why I had never played with it.  By the time I escaped to Linux, 
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> I was used to subprocess, so I still never played with execl.  But why 
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> you should get that error on a console program run from the cmd prompt, 
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> I have no idea.
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> DaveA