From 67c65b2954e8fc2bfc3838a4ca0e6ed76cdb1829 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:52:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Special-case _P_WAIT etc. for NT.

---
 Lib/os.py | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 15230c16540..a8a08ed43aa 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@ elif 'nt' in _names:
     curdir = '.'; pardir = '..'; sep = '\\'; pathsep = ';'
     defpath = '.;C:\\bin'
     from nt import *
-    try:
-        from nt import _exit
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
+    for i in ['_exit',
+              '_P_WAIT', '_P_NOWAIT', '_P_OVERLAY',
+              '_P_NOWAITO', '_P_DETACH']:
+        try:
+            exec "from nt import " + i
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
     import ntpath
     path = ntpath
     del ntpath