Jeroen Demeyer <j.deme...@ugent.be> added the comment:
> Isn't it useful to avoid accidental change while open files with editor for > just reading? Why would that argument apply to a binary file (and only to binary files)? > Is there any real world problem about read-only library? It makes it slightly harder to remove a Python installation. Depending on the OS, you'll get a failure or require some additional confirmation. Furthermore, it's very non-standard. Even if that's not a problem by itself, Python should just install things in the standard way. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue34245> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
