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25.0.95; consing "SHELLVAR" onto process-environment doesn't remove it from subprocess env

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 23779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#23779: 25.0.95; consing "SHELLVAR" onto process-environment doesn't remove it from subprocess env
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 04:44:39 +0300

On 06/18/2016 04:36 AM, Noam Postavsky wrote:

> process-environment could grow without bound. Only a serious problem
> if some code calls setenv many times without let-binding
> process-environment which is probably a mistake, but still there could
> be code like that.

Yes, it's easy to see an artificial scenario leading to that. But is it 
at all probable to see one in practice?

Well, anyway, I believe I've made my case about setenv. It would be 
nice, but far less important than getting Eli's patch in.

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