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[Python-Dev] [PEPs] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

Glenn Linderman v+python at g.nevcal.com
Tue Mar 8 03:33:12 CET 2011 
On 3/7/2011 4:00 PM, Michael Foord wrote:
> On 07/03/2011 23:52, Greg Ewing wrote:
>> Michael Foord wrote:
>>
>>>     - I doubt calling it python.exe will fly, but I'm not sure. If 
>>> so what will you call what is currently 'python.exe'? - if not then 
>>> "python foo.py" on the command line will *still* not work...
>>
>> However, if it's installed as the exe associated with the .py
>> and .pyw extensions, then simply 'foo.py' on the command line
>> *will* work, and will work better than it does now.
>>
> So long as '.py' and '.pyw' are set in the PATHEXT environment 
> variable. (Which again the Python installer doesn't do by default.)


No, PATHEXT only means you can invoke

foo.py

and

foo

and get the same results (sometimes, depending on what all in on PATH 
and PATHEXT)
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