(Sorry, should have gone to the list...) On 22 October 2011 13:15, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> As a simpler alternative, I suggest the launcher just gain a "--which" >> long option that displays the full path to the interpreter it found. >> >> So: >> >> C:\> py -2 --which >> C:\Python27\python.exe >> >> C:\> py -3 --which >> C:\Python32\python.exe >> >> No significant complexity in the launcher, and if you want to add >> additional arguments like -m, -c, or -i you can do it by running >> '--which' and switching to invoking that interpreter directly. > > Perhaps even simpler would be for the -h option to print the interpreter paths > which would be returned for -2 and -3, on separate lines, even without the > --which, e.g. > > Currently configured: > -2: c:\Python27\python.exe > -3: c:\Python32\python.exe
--which is nice for people who can use Unix-style $() or Powershell & to directly execute the output as a command. & (py -3 --which) Paul > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com