IronLanguages / IronLanguages/ironpython3

Support bytes version of os.environ

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Description

On non-windows systems, a bytes version of os.environ is available: os.envionb (and os.getenvb).

See discussion in https://github.com/IronLanguages/ironpython3/pull/545#issuecomment-464995542

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Research direction

Start by reading the linked pull request discussion and locating IronPython's implementation of os.environ and os.getenv. Done means that non-Windows systems expose bytes versions as os.environb and os.getenvb with the expected behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, python
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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