[Python-Dev] 3.2.1 encoding surprise

[Ethan Furman]

Glenn Linderman wrote:
>   On 7/20/2011 7:19 AM, Vinay Sajip wrote:
>> It's not py's job to walk the path: the shell does that when you just type
>> "foo". It locates foo.py, and then invokes py because of file association - py
>> then checks the file for a shebang to decide which Python to dispatch it to.
> 
> Certainly when the launcher is invoked via an association, this would be 
> the case.  However, when the launcher is invoked via the command line, 
> then the unqualified name is passed through.  To be useful from the 
> command line, the launcher should walk the PATH to find the .py file.

I would say that would be a cool enhancement, as it could save a bit of 
typing, but I think the launcher is quite useful even without path 
traversal.

~Ethan~