Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopol...@gmail.com> added the comment:
As far as I can tell, it does not *crash* the interpreter. Instead, it
replaces the python interpreter process with a "true" utility.
$ ./python.exe
Python 2.7a4+ (trunk:78816M, Mar 9 2010, 18:57:13)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646) (dot 1)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os; os.execlp('true')
$ echo $?
0
$ ./python.exe
Python 2.7a4+ (trunk:78816M, Mar 9 2010, 18:57:13)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646) (dot 1)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os; os.execlp('false')
air:trunk sasha$ echo $?
1
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