[Python-ideas] getpath differences Linux vs Windows

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 22:39:37 CET 2010


Charles Solar wrote:
> I am going to spend the rest of my afternoon editing Modules/getpath.c
> and I thought I would propose updating the non-windows getpath.c file to
> be more in line with the windows one.  Or at least, have it take some
> pointers from windows.

Probably not going to fly - the current default behaviour follows
standard Linux idioms, which differ significantly from those of Windows.

The error message tells you how to fix the problem though: make sure
PYTHONHOME points to the right place in the environment seen by the
embedded interpreter.

Cheers,
Nick.

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