bpo-45445: Revert "bpo-45445: Fail if an invalid X-option is provided in the command line (GH-28823)" (#94745)

Author: pablogsal

Doc/library/sys.rst

@@ -1780,13 +1780,13 @@ always available.
 
    .. code-block:: shell-session
 
-      $ ./python -Xpycache_prefix=some_path -Xdev
+      $ ./python -Xa=b -Xc
       Python 3.2a3+ (py3k, Oct 16 2010, 20:14:50)
       [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
       Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
       >>> import sys
       >>> sys._xoptions
-      {'pycache_prefix': 'some_path', 'dev': True}
+      {'a': 'b', 'c': True}
 
    .. impl-detail::
 

Lib/test/test_audit.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class AuditTest(unittest.TestCase):
     @support.requires_subprocess()
     def do_test(self, *args):
         with subprocess.Popen(
-            [sys.executable, "-Xutf8", AUDIT_TESTS_PY, *args],
+            [sys.executable, "-X utf8", AUDIT_TESTS_PY, *args],
             encoding="utf-8",
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def do_test(self, *args):
     def run_python(self, *args):
         events = []
         with subprocess.Popen(
-            [sys.executable, "-Xutf8", AUDIT_TESTS_PY, *args],
+            [sys.executable, "-X utf8", AUDIT_TESTS_PY, *args],
             encoding="utf-8",
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,

Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py

@@ -105,17 +105,8 @@ def get_xoptions(*args):
         opts = get_xoptions()
         self.assertEqual(opts, {})
 
-        opts = get_xoptions('-Xno_debug_ranges', '-Xdev=1234')
-        self.assertEqual(opts, {'no_debug_ranges': True, 'dev': '1234'})
-
-    @unittest.skipIf(interpreter_requires_environment(),
-                     'Cannot run -E tests when PYTHON env vars are required.')
-    def test_unknown_xoptions(self):
-        rc, out, err = assert_python_failure('-X', 'blech')
-        self.assertIn(b'Unknown value for option -X', err)
-        msg = b'Fatal Python error: Unknown value for option -X (see --help-xoptions)'
-        self.assertEqual(err.splitlines().count(msg), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(b'', out)
+        opts = get_xoptions('-Xa', '-Xb=c,d=e')
+        self.assertEqual(opts, {'a': True, 'b': 'c,d=e'})
 
     def test_showrefcount(self):
         def run_python(*args):

Lib/test/test_embed.py

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ def test_pre_initialization_sys_options(self):
                         "test_pre_initialization_sys_options", env=env)
         expected_output = (
             "sys.warnoptions: ['once', 'module', 'default']\n"
-            "sys._xoptions: {'dev': '2', 'utf8': '1'}\n"
+            "sys._xoptions: {'not_an_option': '1', 'also_not_an_option': '2'}\n"
             "warnings.filters[:3]: ['default', 'module', 'once']\n"
         )
         self.assertIn(expected_output, out)
@@ -841,14 +841,15 @@ def test_init_from_config(self):
             'argv': ['-c', 'arg2'],
             'orig_argv': ['python3',
                           '-W', 'cmdline_warnoption',
-                          '-X', 'dev',
+                          '-X', 'cmdline_xoption',
                           '-c', 'pass',
                           'arg2'],
             'parse_argv': 2,
             'xoptions': [
-                'dev=3',
-                'utf8',
-                'dev',
+                'config_xoption1=3',
+                'config_xoption2=',
+                'config_xoption3',
+                'cmdline_xoption',
             ],
             'warnoptions': [
                 'cmdline_warnoption',
@@ -1076,8 +1077,9 @@ def test_init_sys_add(self):
         config = {
             'faulthandler': 1,
             'xoptions': [
-                'dev',
-                'utf8',
+                'config_xoption',
+                'cmdline_xoption',
+                'sysadd_xoption',
                 'faulthandler',
             ],
             'warnoptions': [
@@ -1087,12 +1089,9 @@ def test_init_sys_add(self):
             ],
             'orig_argv': ['python3',
                           '-W', 'ignore:::cmdline_warnoption',
-                          '-X', 'utf8'],
+                          '-X', 'cmdline_xoption'],
         }
-        preconfig = {'utf8_mode': 1}
-        self.check_all_configs("test_init_sys_add", config,
-                               expected_preconfig=preconfig,
-                               api=API_PYTHON)
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_sys_add", config, api=API_PYTHON)
 
     def test_init_run_main(self):
         code = ('import _testinternalcapi, json; '

Programs/_testembed.c

@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static int test_pre_initialization_sys_options(void)
      * relying on the caller to keep the passed in strings alive.
      */
     const wchar_t *static_warnoption = L"once";
-    const wchar_t *static_xoption = L"utf8=1";
+    const wchar_t *static_xoption = L"also_not_an_option=2";
     size_t warnoption_len = wcslen(static_warnoption);
     size_t xoption_len = wcslen(static_xoption);
     wchar_t *dynamic_once_warnoption = \
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int test_pre_initialization_sys_options(void)
     PySys_AddWarnOption(L"module");
     PySys_AddWarnOption(L"default");
     _Py_EMBED_PREINIT_CHECK("Checking PySys_AddXOption\n");
-    PySys_AddXOption(L"dev=2");
+    PySys_AddXOption(L"not_an_option=1");
     PySys_AddXOption(dynamic_xoption);
 
     /* Delete the dynamic options early */
@@ -591,17 +591,18 @@ static int test_init_from_config(void)
         L"-W",
         L"cmdline_warnoption",
         L"-X",
-        L"dev",
+        L"cmdline_xoption",
         L"-c",
         L"pass",
         L"arg2",
     };
     config_set_argv(&config, Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(argv), argv);
     config.parse_argv = 1;
 
-    wchar_t* xoptions[2] = {
-        L"dev=3",
-        L"utf8",
+    wchar_t* xoptions[3] = {
+        L"config_xoption1=3",
+        L"config_xoption2=",
+        L"config_xoption3",
     };
     config_set_wide_string_list(&config, &config.xoptions,
                                 Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(xoptions), xoptions);
@@ -1425,6 +1426,7 @@ static int test_init_read_set(void)
 
 static int test_init_sys_add(void)
 {
+    PySys_AddXOption(L"sysadd_xoption");
     PySys_AddXOption(L"faulthandler");
     PySys_AddWarnOption(L"ignore:::sysadd_warnoption");
 
@@ -1436,14 +1438,14 @@ static int test_init_sys_add(void)
         L"-W",
         L"ignore:::cmdline_warnoption",
         L"-X",
-        L"utf8",
+        L"cmdline_xoption",
     };
     config_set_argv(&config, Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(argv), argv);
     config.parse_argv = 1;
 
     PyStatus status;
     status = PyWideStringList_Append(&config.xoptions,
-                                     L"dev");
+                                     L"config_xoption");
     if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
         goto fail;
     }

Python/initconfig.c

@@ -2061,49 +2061,6 @@ _PyConfig_InitImportConfig(PyConfig *config)
     return config_init_import(config, 1);
 }
 
-// List of known xoptions to validate against the provided ones. Note that all
-// options are listed, even if they are only available if a specific macro is
-// set, like -X showrefcount which requires a debug build. In this case unknown
-// options are silently ignored.
-const wchar_t* known_xoptions[] = {
-    L"faulthandler",
-    L"showrefcount",
-    L"tracemalloc",
-    L"importtime",
-    L"dev",
-    L"utf8",
-    L"pycache_prefix",
-    L"warn_default_encoding",
-    L"no_debug_ranges",
-    L"frozen_modules",
-    NULL,
-};
-
-static const wchar_t*
-_Py_check_xoptions(const PyWideStringList *xoptions, const wchar_t **names)
-{
-    for (Py_ssize_t i=0; i < xoptions->length; i++) {
-        const wchar_t *option = xoptions->items[i];
-        size_t len;
-        wchar_t *sep = wcschr(option, L'=');
-        if (sep != NULL) {
-            len = (sep - option);
-        }
-        else {
-            len = wcslen(option);
-        }
-        int found = 0;
-        for (const wchar_t** name = names; *name != NULL; name++) {
-            if (wcsncmp(option, *name, len) == 0 && (*name)[len] == L'\0') {
-                found = 1;
-            }
-        }
-        if (found == 0) {
-            return option;
-        }
-    }
-    return NULL;
-}
 
 static PyStatus
 config_read(PyConfig *config, int compute_path_config)
@@ -2119,11 +2076,6 @@ config_read(PyConfig *config, int compute_path_config)
     }
 
     /* -X options */
-    const wchar_t* option = _Py_check_xoptions(&config->xoptions, known_xoptions);
-    if (option != NULL) {
-        return PyStatus_Error("Unknown value for option -X (see --help-xoptions)");
-    }
-
     if (config_get_xoption(config, L"showrefcount")) {
         config->show_ref_count = 1;
     }