Sturla Molden sturla.molden at gmail.com
Mon Apr 28 18:41:44 CEST 2014

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Mike Miller <python-dev at mgmiller.net> wrote:

> The main rationale given (for not using the standard %ProgramFiles%) has been 
> that the full path to python is too long to type, and ease of use is more 
> important than the security benefits given by following Windows conventions.

"C:\Program Files\Python27" contains an empty space in the path. If you
want to randomly break build tools for C extensions, then go ahead and
change it. 

Sturla

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