[Python-3000] buildbots

Eric Smith eric+python-dev at trueblade.com
Thu Aug 30 13:38:18 CEST 2007


Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>> It should still require an environment variable, say
>>> PYTHONNOERRORWINDOW, whether or not it should be considered only
>>> in debug releases, I don't know. One place to put it would be
>>> Modules/main.c (where all the other environment variables are
>>> considered).
>> It should also not be used with pythonw.exe, correct?  In that case, you
>> want the various dialog boxes.
> 
> I'm not sure. If PYTHONNOERRORWINDOW is set, I would expect that it does
> not create error windows, even if it creates windows otherwise just
> fine. If you don't want this, don't set PYTHONNOERRORWINDOW.

But unlike Unix, these text messages are guaranteed to be lost.	 I don't 
see the point in setting up a situation where they'd be lost, but I 
don't feel that strongly about it.  As you say, don't set the 
environment variable.



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