[New-bugs-announce] [issue12045] external shell command executed twice in ctypes.util._get_soname

[Antoine Pitrou]

New submission from Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr>:

It seems `cmd` is executed twice, for no obvious reason, in the following code:
http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2d4ef202d4ed/Lib/ctypes/util.py#l129

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 135650
nosy: pitrou
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: external shell command executed twice in ctypes.util._get_soname
type: performance
versions: Python 3.3

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