[Python-Dev] 3.2.1 encoding surprise

[Nick Coghlan]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Glenn Linderman <v+python at g.nevcal.com> wrote:
> On 7/21/2011 8:20 AM, Michael Foord wrote:
>> py launcher and python binaries behaving differently in this regard would be
>> a recipe for confusion and hard to debug problems.
>
> I see the point.  Although the incremental benefit is higher to Windows
> users, and although we are creating a Windows-only piece of code that could
> be the vehicle for adding the functionality, it would be beneficial for all
> platforms, and a common implementation would serve that need better.

Well that, and the desire to have the Windows launcher *just* find an
interpreter to run, so that "py -3.2 <args>" and "c:\python32\python
<args>" handle the arguments the same way.

While further discussion of the PATH walking concept should be done in
a new thread on python-ideas, I'll note that I'm no longer actively
opposed to the idea. However, I still think it needs its own PEP to
work out the details (and whether or not it happens at all).

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia