[Python-Dev] is this a bug? no environment variables

[Tim Lesher]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 16:54, Glenn Linderman <v+python at g.nevcal.com> wrote:
> I suppose it is possible that some environment variables are used by Python
> directly (but I can't seem to find a documented list of them) although I
> would expect that usage to be optional, with fall-back defaults when they
> don't exist.

I can verify that that's the case: Python (at least through 3.1.2)
runs fine on Windows platforms when environment variables are
completely unavailable.  I know that from running our port for Windows
CE (which has no environment variables at all), cross-compiled for
Windows XP.
-- 
Tim Lesher <tlesher at gmail.com>