[Python] Python started from WSL can't see environment variables set in calling shell

When I run this code in bash:

VALUE=BAR python -c 'import os; print(os.environ["VALUE"])'


I would expect to see the string "BAR" to be printed. I got KeyError error instead, indicating that the script didn't receive the environment variable.

I also tried

export VALUE=BAR; python -c 'import os; print(os.environ["VALUE"])'


and

export VALUE=BAR
python -c 'import os; print(os.environ["VALUE"])'


but I got the same result.

@Philippe Running type python; python -V; VALUE=BAR python -c 'import os; print(os.environ["VALUE"])' results in:

python is /usr/local/bin/python
Python 3.9.0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Users\Danon\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\os.py", line 679, in __getitem__
raise KeyError(key) from None
KeyError: 'VALUE'


PS: Perhaps I should've included that, I use WSL and I added symlink /usr/local/bin/python to point to C:\Program Files\Python\python.exe.

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