On 2005 Feb 06, at 19:42, Raymond Hettinger wrote:

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Modified Files: Tag: release23-maint test_copy.py Log Message: fix bug 1114776

Don't forget release24-maint.

Done -- but the maintenance branch of 2.4 has a problem right now: it doesn't pass unit tests, specifically test_os (I checked right after a cvs up and before doing any changes, of course). This appears to be connected to: mapping_tests.py being very strict (or something) and demanding that some mapping be able to update itself from a ``simple dictionary'' that's not iterable and does not have an .items method either; while the _Environ class in os.py appears to make some reasonable demands from the argument to its .update method. I'm not _sure_ which side of the dispute is in the right, so I haven't changed anything there (even though committing anything with unit tests broken makes my teeth grit). I do admit that this kind of issue makes a good case for more formalized interfaces...;-) Alex