From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>
Cc: 70440@debbugs.gnu.org, kobarity@gmail.com
Subject: bug#70440: [PATCH] Use -P switch when calling 'python-interpreter'
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:13:47 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86v84ed4xw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o7a6hd5x.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Augusto Stoffel on Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:02:34 +0200)
> From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>
> Cc: kobarity@gmail.com, 70440@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:02:34 +0200
>
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 at 18:57, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> >> From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>
> >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 70440@debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:52:21 +0200
> >>
> >> On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 at 00:25, kobarity wrote:
> >>
> >> > The -P switch is new, introduced in CPython 3.11, so I don't think it
> >> > can be added unconditionally. Furthermore, `python-interpreter' may
> >> > not be CPython. Isn't it enough to customize
> >> > `python-interpreter-args'?
> >>
> >> Ah, too bad. So let's send that option via environment variables. I'll
> >> make a new patch when I get the chance.
> >
> > Maybe we should discuss this before you sit down to write and text the
> > code. Pushing things into the environment has its downsides: those
> > environment variables then affect all the subordinate processes,
> > including their children, grandchildren etc. This is not always
> > wanted.
>
> In this case we would just let-bind the env variable for this specific
> subprocess call only. It's no different than passing a command-line
> switch.
Don't then the child processes of that python subprocess inherit the
same variable in their environments? That's what I meant by what I
wrote above: all of the descendants of our sub-process will inherit
the variable.
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-17 18:23 bug#70440: [PATCH] Use -P switch when calling 'python-interpreter' Augusto Stoffel
2024-04-17 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-18 15:25 ` kobarity
2024-04-18 15:52 ` Augusto Stoffel
2024-04-18 15:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-18 16:02 ` Augusto Stoffel
2024-04-18 16:13 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-04-19 6:08 ` Augusto Stoffel
2024-04-19 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-19 15:21 ` Augusto Stoffel
2024-04-19 15:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-19 15:55 ` Augusto Stoffel
2024-04-19 17:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-19 18:02 ` Augusto Stoffel
2024-04-19 18:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-19 18:30 ` Augusto Stoffel
2024-04-19 19:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
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