[Python-Dev] VS8 include dirs grow without bound

[Jim Kleckner]

Jim Kleckner wrote:
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> initialize() then just overrides the os.environ values with these
> monotonically growing variables.
> 
> It seems that duplicate names should be filtered out from these paths
> to prevent overflow.
> 
> The attached patch seems to fix this issue, if a bit brute force.
> Please review as a candidate.

I created the following tracker item for this:
  http://bugs.python.org/issue2975