dl + getenv (without arguments) = segfault (python2.p2, python2.3)

[Skip Montanaro]

    Xavier> Do note that my previous e-mail was not implying my possible
    Xavier> ignorance to the 'dl' module's functionality, but instead
    Xavier> inquiring wether there is or may be a solution in the future for
    Xavier> Python to handle such an erronous outcome.  And plus, segfaults
    Xavier> are ugly and make me cry.

I understand.  Given the nature of the problem here, I suspect the segfault
occurred in getenv() (I can't check to be sure, as I don't have the dl
module).  It's kind of hard for Python to gracefully recover when it doesn't
control the program counter.

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