[Python-Dev] Console vs. GUI applications

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Thomas Heller wrote:
> It seems to be a flag in the exe header.  A quick google search turned
> up this:
> 
> http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/W-P/system/misc/article.php/c2897/

Sure. However, if I do

foo.py

then some part of the system must determine that python.exe is
to be invoked, and then must determine that this is a console
binary. Does that all happen in cmd.exe?

Regards,
Martin