[New-bugs-announce] [issue28137] Windows sys.path file should be renamed

[Steve Dower]

New submission from Steve Dower:

The Windows getpath implementation gained the ability to find and read a sys.path file to skip reading the registry.

While the name is cute, it really ought to start with a leading underscore (i.e. "_sys.path") to indicate that it is very at-your-own-risk. The docs should be updated to indicate that its behavior may be changed in later versions of Python (though it's guaranteed to only change backwards-compatibly for 3.6).

Since the file is only used with a specific installation of Python (specifically the embedded distro), this shouldn't be an issue as nobody is meant to upgrade Python without removing/replacing this file.

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assignee: steve.dower
components: Windows
messages: 276343
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Windows sys.path file should be renamed
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7

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