applescript/python question

[Diez B. Roggisch]

jyoung79 at kc.rr.com schrieb:
> I can't seem to figure this out.  I just installed Python 2.5.2 a few days ago on my OS X 10.4.11
> system.  It runs fine and if I type "Python -V" in the Terminal it outputs "Python 2.5.2" which is
> correct.  However, if I try to run a 'do shell script' in AppleScript which I'm wanting to run a Python
> program, it reverts to using Python 2.3.  For example, if I run this code in AppleScript:
> 
> --------------------
> set p to "#!/usr/bin/python
> import sys
> print sys.version[:3]"
> set x to do shell script "Python -c \"" & p & "\""
> return x
> --------------------
> 
> I get "2.3".  Does anyone have any ideas why AppleScript is using the older version of Python?
> Is there a way to fix this?

I guess the shebang is simply ignored - the actual interpreter is 
fetched from the "Python -c"-line.

It's a bit weird that there is Python with a capital P, but what happens 
if you change that to Python2.5 for example?

Diez