KeyError: 'PATH' on import in interactive window

Trying

import xgboost

in the interactive window throws

/usr/local/Caskroom/miniconda/base/envs/thermo/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xgboost/__init__.py in 
      9 import os
     10 
---> 11 from .core import DMatrix, Booster
     12 from .training import train, cv
     13 from . import rabit                   # noqa

/usr/local/Caskroom/miniconda/base/envs/thermo/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xgboost/core.py in 
    134 
    135 # load the XGBoost library globally
--> 136 _LIB = _load_lib()
    137 
    138 

/usr/local/Caskroom/miniconda/base/envs/thermo/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xgboost/core.py in _load_lib()
    118     if len(lib_paths) == 0:
    119         return None
--> 120     pathBackup = os.environ['PATH']
    121     for lib_path in lib_paths:
    122         try:

/usr/local/Caskroom/miniconda/base/envs/thermo/lib/python3.6/os.py in __getitem__(self, key)
    667         except KeyError:
    668             # raise KeyError with the original key value
--> 669             raise KeyError(key) from None
    670         return self.decodevalue(value)
    671 

KeyError: 'PATH'

but works fine in terminal.

As suggested by @bbcCorp in microsoft/vscode-python#436, I tried creating a .env file with

echo "PATH=\$PATH" >> .env

but the issue persists. I’m running the latest VS Code and insider’s build of the Python extension.

[janosh]

@DonJayamanne Just tested this again and all is back to working now with the insider’s. Thanks a lot! 👍

[DonJayamanne]

@janosh thanks for testing the insiders and getting back.