[Python-ideas] Make py.exe default to Python 3

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Tue Mar 8 23:05:01 EST 2016


On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Alexander Walters
<tritium-list at sdamon.com> wrote:
> How about the better option: No default preset default..  Make the user pick
> every time it's installed.
>
> Or the best option of them all: call Python 3... python3.exe and the shell
> launcher  py3.exe.
>
> Or stop it with the launcher.
>

Have a read of PEP 397 if you want to know why the launcher exists.

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0397/

ChrisA


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