[Python-ideas] Migration of /usr/bin/python to python3

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mar 11, 2015, at 06:02 PM, Ryan Gonzalez wrote:

>Bad idea? What about when you're running simple scripts you've downloaded
>and Python 3 is on an external hard drive, not /usr/bin?

I don't get it.  Regardless of what a script's shebang says, you can always be
explicit about which version you want to use to run the script.  You don't
*have* to use the shebang's interpreter.  Okay, so it's a little more typing -
is that really a problem for this use case?

Cheers,
-Barry
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