[Python-Dev] Re: FWD: Re: Problem w/ IDLE on Win2000

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Wed Aug 6 15:52:55 EDT 2003


[James Kew]
> ...
> I find the \pythonxx default more useful for what I do, but
> installing to the Program Files directory is pretty idiomatic for
> Windows users; why discourage them?

Because they're making trouble for themselves if they do.  Python
discourages them from referencing uninitialized variables too <wink>.




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