Python aliases under Windows?
Kirill Balunov
kirillbalunov at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 05:24:51 EDT 2018
Perhaps this is a silly question but still...There is PEP 394 "The "python"
Command on Unix-Like Systems" which I find very reasonable, no matter how
it is respected. Why was not _somewhat_ the same done for Windows?
Sometimes I use, especially in IPython, to run externally:
! python3 -m dis <module>
! python3 -m timeit ...
! python3 -m pip install ...
And to make this work the same under Windows, the first step which I do
after installation is to copy `python.exe` and rename it to `python3.exe`
(for python 2.7 copy `python.exe` and rename it to `python2.exe`). May be
there is a better way to do this under Windows, I would like to know? This
copy-rename works for me, but it will not work for someone who does not
have administrative rights.
p.s.: I know there is a `py` launcher under Windows, but is does not help
in this situation.
With kind regards,
-gdg
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