[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-413320 ] sys.argv should always be a sequence

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Bugs item #413320, was updated on 2001-04-02 21:56
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Status: Open
>Priority: 2
Submitted By: Stephen McInerney (smcinerney)
Assigned to: Jeremy Hylton (jhylton)
Summary: sys.argv should always be a sequence

Initial Comment:
Hi,

It seems that sys.argv is not a sequence if there are
no args passed. Hence references to len() or
non-existent element sys.argv[1] cause a TypeError
which we have to kludge around with a try...except
TypeError. sys.argv should always be a sequence.

Python 1.6 (#4, Sep 13 2000, 17:24:07)  [GCC
egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)] on sunos5
(Solaris 8)

Best regards,
Stephen

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Comment By: Jeremy Hylton (jhylton)
Date: 2001-04-04 11:04

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Can you provide an example of how you invoke Python with no
args and what value sys.argv[] has?  I can't reproduce.


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