[Python-Dev] cpython: removed spurious output

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Mon May 30 19:04:51 CEST 2011


On 30.05.2011 17:54, Terry Reedy wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/30/2011 6:25 AM, tarek.ziade wrote:
> 
> Should not old_out be sys.stderr, since that is what you over-write and 
> 'restore'?
> 
>> +        old_out = sys.stdout
>> +        sys.stderr = StringIO()
>> +        try:
>> +            dist = self.run_setup('install_dist', '--prefix=' + self.root_dir)
>> +        finally:
>> +            sys.sterr = old_out

And even more importantly, shouldn't this be "sys.stderr" instead of "sys.sterr"?

Really, what happened to testing before you push?

Georg



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