On 12 Aug, 2010, at 22:03, Sridhar Ratnakumar wrote: > When Python 2.6 is built with --universal-archs=intel, the default Python > binary is symlinked to the 32-bit binary: > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 12 10 Aug 15:31 python -> python2.6-32 > > Python 2.7, however, is 64-bit by default. Is there a particular reason why > this behaviour is different for 2.6 (and 3.1)?
Not really. I was way more conservative when 2.6 was released, and switched to the current behaviour in 2.7 because that made the makefiles easier and libraries have had a long time to transition to 64-bit compatibility. You can always select the architecture to use using the 'arch' command (which works with 2.7 but not with 2.6 or Apple's python) Ronald > > -srid > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG
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