[Python-Dev] PEP397 no command line options to python?

[Paul Moore]

(Sorry, should have gone to the list...)

On 22 October 2011 13:15, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> As a simpler alternative, I suggest the launcher just gain a "--which"
>> long option that displays the full path to the interpreter it found.
>>
>> So:
>>
>> C:\> py -2 --which
>> C:\Python27\python.exe
>>
>> C:\> py -3 --which
>> C:\Python32\python.exe
>>
>> No significant complexity in the launcher, and if you want to add
>> additional arguments like -m, -c, or -i you can do it by running
>> '--which' and switching to invoking that interpreter directly.
>
> Perhaps even simpler would be for the -h option to print the interpreter paths
> which would be returned for -2 and -3, on separate lines, even without the
> --which, e.g.
>
> Currently configured:
> -2: c:\Python27\python.exe
> -3: c:\Python32\python.exe

--which is nice for people who can use Unix-style $() or Powershell &
to directly execute the output as a command.

& (py -3 --which)

Paul
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