Sept. 16, 1999
12:38 p.m.
James C. Ahlstrom wrote: [Guido explains Windows registry usage]
Thanks. This is very useful.
But it doesn't help, perhaps as a result of more of my prejudices. This registry entry is meant to be used by a by-the-rules shared Python installation, so I must not change it.
Without trying it, I doubt you have to. It looks like you could set the resource to something that won't be found in the registry, and then just use normal Python mechanisms.
... IMHO the Windows registry is a software catastrophe which ranks right up there with JCL (anyone else here old enough to remember that?).
Ah. In a rush to get it down to ops, tripping at the head of the stairs and sending the card deck flying... Those were the days. - Gordon