create_subprocess_exec treats env={} differently than vanilla asyncio

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• uvloop version: 0.16.0
• Python version: 3.9.6
• Platform: macOS 11.5.2
• Can you reproduce the bug with PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG in env?: yes
• Does uvloop behave differently from vanilla asyncio? How?: create_subprocess_exec treats env differently.

When I set env={}, uvloop treats this as None and inherits all environment variables, while vanilla asyncio treats {} as an empty environment.

import asyncio
import os

import pytest

if os.environ.get("UVLOOP"):
 # Install uvloop event loop.
 import uvloop

 @pytest.fixture
 def event_loop():
 loop = uvloop.new_event_loop()
 yield loop
 loop.close()


@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_env():
 "This test passes under vanilla asyncio but fails under uvloop."
 proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
 "/usr/bin/env",
 stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
 env={},
 )
 result = await proc.communicate()

 # Under uvloop, stdout contains the full, inherited environment.
 assert result == (b"", None)