Message 344329 - Python tracker

Message344329

Author	vstinner
Recipients	docs@python, ncoghlan, pgacv2, r.david.murray, terry.reedy, vstinner
Date	2019-06-02.21:59:27
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The issue has been fixed in Python 3.8. See PEP 587 and http://docs.python.org/dev/c-api/init_config.html for the larger scope. For Python 3.7, the fix is trivial: don't add the following 2 lines in your application: if not hasattr(sys, 'argv'): sys.argv = [''] Python 3.7 Release Manager, Ned Deily, was opposed to change the behavior in a minor release: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/13553#issuecomment-496768319

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The issue has been fixed in Python 3.8. See PEP 587 and http://docs.python.org/dev/c-api/init_config.html for the larger scope.

For Python 3.7, the fix is trivial: don't add the following 2 lines in your application:

if not hasattr(sys, 'argv'):
    sys.argv = ['']

Python 3.7 Release Manager, Ned Deily, was opposed to change the behavior in a minor release:
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/13553#issuecomment-496768319

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