[Python-Dev] towards a stricter definition of sys.executable
"Martin v. Löwis"
martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Mar 17 09:40:31 CET 2006
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> I don't think many people embed setup.py scripts, so alternative (e) would pro-
> bably cause the least problems:
>
> e) sys.executable contains the full path to the program used to invoke
> this interpreter instance, or None if this could not be determined.
It seems that you indeed are trying to solve a problem you encountered.
Can you please explain what the problem is?
ISTM that the current definition doesn't really cause problems, despite
potentially being fuzzy. People that start sys.executable typically
*do* get a Python interpreter - in an embedded interpreter, they just
don't want to start a new interpreter, as that couldn't work, anyway.
Regards,
Martin
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