[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

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[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

R. David Murray added the comment: Mark, just asking that question doesn't really move the issue forward. Doing some research to see if there was any discussion on python-dev, and if not summarizing the issues and starting one, would be what could move the issue forward. --

[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

Mark Lawrence added the comment: What conclusions were drawn on python-dev about this issue? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:03 PM, R. David Murray wrote: > > Alexander, do you think it would be worthwhile to write up a summary of all > the issues > involved in these three releated bugs and post it to python-dev? Sure. I ranted about a related issu

[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

R. David Murray added the comment: Alexander, do you think it would be worthwhile to write up a summary of all the issues involved in these three releated bugs and post it to python-dev? Alternatively we could ask for a decision on what should be done in python 2.7 from Benjamin. --

[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Google code search for os.execlp\([^*,]+\) lang:python returns 15 hits, two of which are the same as Matthias found. I am not sure what these results mean for the issue (and Matthias does not reach a conclusion either.) Note that the status quo in 3.

[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

Matthias Klose added the comment: attached is a search for execlp for all files found in Ubuntu lucid, there's one package which uses just one argument to execlp. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file16980/execlp.log ___ Python tracker

[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

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Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Matthias Klose wrote: .. > os.execlp('true') does raise ValueError on released 3.x versions. sorry if I > do misunderstand something. My bad. I thought it was a more recent change. However as far as I can tell it was n

[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

Matthias Klose added the comment: > However since issue1039 change has not been released yet os.execlp('true') does raise ValueError on released 3.x versions. sorry if I do misunderstand something. -- nosy: +doko ___ Python tracker

[issue8191] Make arg0 required argument in os.execl* functions

New submission from Alexander Belopolsky : Since issue1039 made it illegal to pass empty argument list to execv*, I suggest to change signature of os.execl* functions and make arg0 a required positional argument. This is not a backward compatible change because os.execlp('true'), for example