Am 04.03.2011 20:14, schrieb Guido van Rossum:
Is there any discussion still going on about the details of the PEP (now PEP 394)? I'm in favor of the general idea. What about Windows? I think it should be the same there if possible.
I think a key issue is whether to change future 2.7 bug fix releases or not. People have been opposed to the very notion of adding this feature in a bug fix release; not sure how they feel if the change is PEP-sanctioned. As for Windows support: we currently don't install a python3.exe binary, let alone python2.exe or pythonw2.exe (or is that python2w.exe?). I'll adjust the installer if the PEP asks me to. For the reasons discussed, I'm -0 on the change (i.e. double-clicking .py will continue to launch the most-recently installed Python, rather than the "right" one, and setting PYTHONPATH will continue to break installations). Regards, Martin