24 Mar
2014
24 Mar
'14
9:31 a.m.
On Mar 24, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
Easy. Just set PYTHONPATH to import the SEPython [1] lib ahead of the standard lib. Then you can go back to the standard 2.7 (if you want to) by unsetting PYTHONPATH.
It'd be nice if SEPython defined a modified sys.version for clarity, but otherwise, it'd be a vanilla Python 2.7.
That's certainly more in the direction of what I think is an appropriate upstream solution. The thing is, there isn't one single "what's best for users" resolution. There are many, many competing requirements and I think it will be difficult to satisfy everyone. I'm particularly sensitive to complaints of unexpected changes between micro releases. -Barry