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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/spawn.py b/Lib/idlelib/spawn.py
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-# spawn - This is ugly, OS-specific code to spawn a separate process.  It
-#         also defines a function for getting the version of a path most
-#         likely to work with cranky API functions.
-
-import os
-
-def hardpath(path):
-    path = os.path.normcase(os.path.abspath(path))
-    try:
-        import win32api
-        path = win32api.GetShortPathName( path )
-    except:
-        pass
-    return path
-
-if hasattr(os, 'fork'):
-
-  # UNIX-ish operating system: we fork() and exec(), and we have to track
-  #   the pids of our children and call waitpid() on them to avoid leaving
-  #   zombies in the process table.  kill_zombies() does the dirty work, and
-  #   should be called periodically.
-
-  zombies = []
-
-  def spawn(bin, *args):
-    pid = os.fork()
-    if pid:
-      zombies.append(pid)
-    else:
-      os.execv( bin, (bin, ) + args )
-
-  def kill_zombies():
-      for z in zombies[:]:
-          stat = os.waitpid(z, os.WNOHANG)
-          if stat[0]==z:
-              zombies.remove(z)
-elif hasattr(os, 'spawnv'):
-
-  # Windows-ish OS: we use spawnv(), and stick quotes around arguments
-  #   in case they contains spaces, since Windows will jam all the
-  #   arguments to spawn() or exec() together into one string.  The
-  #   kill_zombies function is a noop.
-
-  def spawn(bin, *args):
-    nargs = ['"'+bin+'"']
-    for arg in args:
-      nargs.append( '"'+arg+'"' )
-    os.spawnv( os.P_NOWAIT, bin, nargs )
-
-  def kill_zombies(): pass
-
-else:
-  # If you get here, you may be able to write an alternative implementation
-  # of these functions for your OS.
-
-  def kill_zombies(): pass
-
-  raise OSError, 'This OS does not support fork() or spawnv().'