+1 On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 11:46 Alex Hall <alex.moj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Christopher Barker wrote: > > I think it’s a “Bad Idea” to use an environment variable — who knows what > > Python script may be running on a given system? > > But a standard command line argument to the interpreter could be useful. > > Can you clarify what the concern is about other Python scripts running? > Why doesn't that apply to [all the other special PYTHON* environment > variables]( > https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#environment-variables), such > as `PYTHONWARNINGS` or `PYTHONVERBOSE`? > > Command line arguments only work if you're invoking the `python` command > directly. If you're running something above that like a bash script or a > package entrypoint it's more complicated. And configuring environment > variables is sometimes easier than changing a command or editing a script, > like when you're configuring a service hosted in the cloud (personally I'm > thinking of AWS ECS). > > I say do the same thing as so many other options and offer both a command > line argument and an environment variable. I don't think many people will > be setting the environment variable in their global shell profiles. When I > want to set PYTHONPATH I usually write: > > PYTHONPATH=/some/path python script.py > > which has no chance to affect anything else. > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/LXLSYULFPYNAVPFC3E66LLJQF2SCOER7/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- --Guido (mobile)
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