Warn about invalid PYTHONUSERBASE
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Description
| BPO | 40203 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @terryjreedy, @Volker-Weissmann |
Note: these values reflect the state of the issue at the time it was migrated and might not reflect the current state.
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2020-04-06.12:59:15.393>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature', '3.9']
title = 'Warn about invalid PYTHONUSERBASE'
updated_at = <Date 2020-04-11.11:54:27.408>
user = 'https://github.com/Volker-Weissmann'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2020-04-11.11:54:27.408>
actor = 'Volker Wei\xc3\x9fmann'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2020-04-06.12:59:15.393>
creator = 'Volker Wei\xc3\x9fmann'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 40203
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['365851', '365857', '366156', '366203']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'Volker Wei\xc3\x9fmann']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue40203'
versions = ['Python 3.9']
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue is in CPython's Interpreter Core and concerns validation of the PYTHONUSERBASE environment variable. Start by locating where PYTHONUSERBASE is read, then review the four migrated discussion messages; done means the invalid-value warning behavior is defined, implemented, and covered by tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100