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Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory?

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On Monday, 20 August 2012 13:38:03 UTC+10, Steven D'Aprano  wrote:
> Not so much. More of, "yes, that's a bug, but it's not an important bug. 
> If you have a patch for fixing it, we'll consider it, but if you don't, 
> we've got about two thousand more important bugs and features to get 
> through first."

I'm not really convinced it's a bug, though. The issue only happens if the module is the main application, so wrapping this behind a launcher will resolve the issue. Given that you can manually provide the filepath to inspect, I'd say it's a known limitation with a workaround.

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Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? kj <no.email@please.post> - 2012-08-19 20:42 +0000
  Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Giacomo Alzetta <giacomo.alzetta@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 14:01 -0700
    Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-08-20 01:45 +0100
      Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@iinet.net.au> - 2012-08-21 11:39 +1000
  Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-19 17:03 -0400
    Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? kj <no.email@please.post> - 2012-08-20 01:57 +0000
      Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 22:05 -0400
      Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 19:57 -0700
        Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 20:04 -0700
          Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-20 08:11 +0100
        Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 20:03 -0700
        Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 19:59 -0700
        Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-20 21:20 -0700
      Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-20 03:38 +0000
        Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-08-19 20:43 -0700
      Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-20 08:10 +0100
      Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 12:56 +0100
        Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-20 13:14 +0000
          Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> - 2012-08-20 13:49 +0000
            Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-20 09:58 -0400
              Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-08-20 15:15 +0100
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      Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-20 16:28 +0000
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      Re: Why doesn't Python remember the initial directory? John Roth <johnroth1@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 13:35 -0700
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