[issue37549] os.dup() fails for standard streams on Windows 7

2019-07-10 Thread DaveB
DaveB added the comment: Results with Python 3.7.4 on Windows 7 >>> import os, msvcrt >>> msvcrt.get_osfhandle(0) 15 >>> os.set_handle_inheritable(msvcrt.get_osfhandle(0), False) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in OSError: [Wi

[issue37549] os.dup() fails for standard streams on Windows 7

2019-07-10 Thread DaveB
New submission from DaveB : os.dup(fd) generates an OSError for standard streams (0: stdin, 1: stdout, 2: stderr) on Windows 7. Works as expected on Windows 10. Working backwards we found the issue first appears in Python 3.7.4rc1 and 3.8.0b2 on Windows 7. Earlier releases work as expected