#3573: idle now doesn't hungs if launched as: idle -e <directory>
Patch by Guilherme Polo.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 46ef3cb..205b9f3 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+What's New in IDLE 2.7.3?
+=======================
+
+- Issue #3573: IDLE hangs when passing invalid command line args
+ (directory(ies) instead of file(s)).
+
+
What's New in IDLE 2.7.2?
=======================
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index 895d7da..eeb33e1 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -1412,8 +1412,10 @@
if enable_edit:
if not (cmd or script):
- for filename in args:
- flist.open(filename)
+ for filename in args[:]:
+ if flist.open(filename) is None:
+ # filename is a directory actually, disconsider it
+ args.remove(filename)
if not args:
flist.new()
if enable_shell: