Re: [Ironpython-users] IronPython 2.7.5 Schedule

2014-02-28 Thread Vernon D. Cole
(Answering myself -- sorry) I have re-read the PEP and skimmed the .c code for the launcher. There is provision in the PLW for setting a default version of Python, but it appears that the only choices allowed are versions of CPython selected (by number) from pythons found in the registry. One cou

Re: [Ironpython-users] IronPython 2.7.5 Schedule

2014-02-28 Thread Vernon D. Cole
Under no circumstances should the .py extension ever be taken away from *Python Launcher for Windows* . I have not looked at what happens when PLW is run on a computer which does not have a version of CPython installed. If it does the right thing (launc