[Python-Dev] Python launcher command line usage (Was: 3.2.1 encoding surprise)

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:55:28 +1000
Mark Hammond <skippy.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  > The two proposals
> > overlap but are not mutually exclusive. For future pythons, 'python33'
> > is easier to remember and type than 'py -v 3.3' or whatever the proposed
> > encantation is.
> 
> 'py -3.3' - less chars to type than 'python33' and with no need to have 
> every Python directory on your PATH.  IMO it is also simple enough that 
> people will remember it fairly easily.

Given that Python 2.x has a "-3" option, isn't "py -3.3" kind of
confusing, at least to the eye?

Regards

Antoine.