[Python-Dev] Windows registry path not ignored with Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag set

[Farshid Lashkari]

Hello,

I noticed that if Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag is enabled, the Windows registry
is still used to initialize sys.path during startup. Is this an oversight or
intentional?

I assumed one of the intentions of this flag is to prevent embedded Python
interpreters from being affected by other Python installations. Ignoring the
Window registry as well as environment variables seems to make sense in this
situation.

If this is an oversight, would it be too late to have this fixed in Python
2.7?

Cheers,
Farshid
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