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-rw-r--r--Doc/using/cmdline.rst16
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py30
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS7
-rw-r--r--Modules/faulthandler.c5
4 files changed, 42 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index c14f6c7..908a17c 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -511,9 +511,9 @@ conflict.
.. envvar:: PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
- If this is set, Python won't try to write ``.pyc`` or ``.pyo`` files on the
- import of source modules. This is equivalent to specifying the :option:`-B`
- option.
+ If this is set to a non-empty string, Python won't try to write ``.pyc`` or
+ ``.pyo`` files on the import of source modules. This is equivalent to
+ specifying the :option:`-B` option.
.. envvar:: PYTHONHASHSEED
@@ -582,11 +582,11 @@ conflict.
.. envvar:: PYTHONFAULTHANDLER
- If this environment variable is set, :func:`faulthandler.enable` is called
- at startup: install a handler for :const:`SIGSEGV`, :const:`SIGFPE`,
- :const:`SIGABRT`, :const:`SIGBUS` and :const:`SIGILL` signals to dump the
- Python traceback. This is equivalent to :option:`-X` ``faulthandler``
- option.
+ If this environment variable is set to a non-empty string,
+ :func:`faulthandler.enable` is called at startup: install a handler for
+ :const:`SIGSEGV`, :const:`SIGFPE`, :const:`SIGABRT`, :const:`SIGBUS` and
+ :const:`SIGILL` signals to dump the Python traceback. This is equivalent to
+ :option:`-X` ``faulthandler`` option.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py b/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py
index 4a8becf..d78bcb0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py
@@ -265,17 +265,33 @@ faulthandler._sigsegv()
# By default, the module should be disabled
code = "import faulthandler; print(faulthandler.is_enabled())"
args = (sys.executable, '-E', '-c', code)
- # use subprocess module directly because test.script_helper adds
- # "-X faulthandler" to the command line
- stdout = subprocess.check_output(args)
- self.assertEqual(stdout.rstrip(), b"False")
+ # don't use assert_python_ok() because it always enable faulthandler
+ output = subprocess.check_output(args)
+ self.assertEqual(output.rstrip(), b"False")
def test_sys_xoptions(self):
# Test python -X faulthandler
code = "import faulthandler; print(faulthandler.is_enabled())"
- rc, stdout, stderr = assert_python_ok("-X", "faulthandler", "-c", code)
- stdout = (stdout + stderr).strip()
- self.assertEqual(stdout, b"True")
+ args = (sys.executable, "-E", "-X", "faulthandler", "-c", code)
+ # don't use assert_python_ok() because it always enable faulthandler
+ output = subprocess.check_output(args)
+ self.assertEqual(output.rstrip(), b"True")
+
+ def test_env_var(self):
+ # empty env var
+ code = "import faulthandler; print(faulthandler.is_enabled())"
+ args = (sys.executable, "-c", code)
+ env = os.environ.copy()
+ env['PYTHONFAULTHANDLER'] = ''
+ # don't use assert_python_ok() because it always enable faulthandler
+ output = subprocess.check_output(args, env=env)
+ self.assertEqual(output.rstrip(), b"False")
+
+ # non-empty env var
+ env = os.environ.copy()
+ env['PYTHONFAULTHANDLER'] = '1'
+ output = subprocess.check_output(args, env=env)
+ self.assertEqual(output.rstrip(), b"True")
def check_dump_traceback(self, filename):
"""
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f97b504..128e740 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ What's New in Python 3.4.0 Alpha 3?
Projected Release date: 2013-10-XX
+Library
+-------
+
+- The :envvar:`PYTHONFAULTHANDLER` environment variable now only enables the
+ faulthandler module if the variable is non-empty. Same behaviour than other
+ variables like :envvar:`PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE`.
+
Tests
-----
diff --git a/Modules/faulthandler.c b/Modules/faulthandler.c
index 172945d..47bc9e8 100644
--- a/Modules/faulthandler.c
+++ b/Modules/faulthandler.c
@@ -1048,8 +1048,11 @@ faulthandler_env_options(void)
{
PyObject *xoptions, *key, *module, *res;
_Py_IDENTIFIER(enable);
+ char *p;
- if (!Py_GETENV("PYTHONFAULTHANDLER")) {
+ if (!((p = Py_GETENV("PYTHONFAULTHANDLER")) && *p != '\0')) {
+ /* PYTHONFAULTHANDLER environment variable is missing
+ or an empty string */
int has_key;
xoptions = PySys_GetXOptions();