Re: subprocess startup error

From	Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: subprocess startup error
Date	2016-02-26 06:57 -0800
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On 2/26/2016 6:49 AM, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
> On 26 February 2016 at 13:30, Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> wrote:
>> Shweta Dinnimani wrote:
>>> i saved my file as string.py since than i'm facing this error
>>
>> Rename that file to something that does not clash with the module names in
>> the standard library, mystring.py for example, and IDLE should work again.
>
> It's ridiculous that it's this easy to accidentally crash IDLE and the
> Python shell.

I don't think there's a way to protect against it -- how could you work 
on string.py otherwise?

Emile

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Re: subprocess startup error Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2016-02-26 06:57 -0800

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