[Python-Dev] Patch review: all webbrowser.py related patches up to 2005-03-20

[Greg Ward]

On 20 March 2005, rodsenra at gpr.com.br said:
> 1166780  Fix _tryorder in webbrowser.py
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This is my own patch.
> 
> At the present time (Py2.4) documentation says:
> """
> Under Unix, if the environment variable BROWSER exists,
> it is interpreted to override the platform default list of
> browsers,...
> """
> (extract from Python-2.4/Doc/html/lib/module-webbrowser.html)
> 
> But, when the environment variable BROWSER is messed up,
> there is no reason not to try the other detected browser alternatives.

I like it.  Short, simple, and obvious.  Can you think of a way to
unit-test it?  I took a brief look at the code, and it wasn't obvious to
me.  Might require factoring out a lazy initializer, and even then it
might not work.  And that would certainly call for more unit tests!
Still, it's worth a shot.

        Greg
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