On 25 July 2013 01:41, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > How's this for an updated wording in the abstract: > > * for the time being, all distributions should ensure that python > refers to the same target as python2 > * however, users should be aware that python refers to python3 on at > least Arch Linux (that change is > what prompted the creation of this PEP), so "python" should be > used in the shebang line only for > scripts that are source compatible with both Python 2 and 3 > > That's what the previous bullet point was *trying* to say, but it > wasn't very clear, since the first half of the sentence was aimed at > distributions, while the second was aimed at end users.
I'll also note that this is deliberately consistent with the behaviour of the "py" launcher on Windows (as defined in PEP 397): if you invoke that from the command with both Python 2.x and Python 3.x installed, it will default to using the most recently released version of Python 2, *unless* you pass a "-3" on the command line, or the shebang line indicates the script is a Python 3 script. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ 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
