[Python-checkins] cpython (2.6): #14984: only import pwd on POSIX.

[Barry Warsaw]

On Sep 18, 2013, at 03:00 PM, r.david.murray wrote:

>http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fb3ad8a749c8
>changeset:   85749:fb3ad8a749c8
>branch:      2.6
>parent:      85735:1b673e0fd8f3
>user:        R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
>date:        Wed Sep 18 08:49:25 2013 -0400
>summary:
>  #14984: only import pwd on POSIX.
>
>files:
>  Lib/netrc.py |  4 +++-
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
>
>diff --git a/Lib/netrc.py b/Lib/netrc.py
>--- a/Lib/netrc.py
>+++ b/Lib/netrc.py
>@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
> 
> # Module and documentation by Eric S. Raymond, 21 Dec 1998
> 
>-import os, stat, shlex, pwd
>+import os, stat, shlex
>+if os.name == 'posix':
>+    import pwd

Would it make more sense to do:

try:
    import pwd
except ImportError:
    pwd = None

?