[Python-Dev] Reserving an arg space for Jython (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Fri Apr 11 20:51:18 CEST 2008

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

Works for me. We should have a patch to CPython that looks for -J and rejects it with "-J is reserved for Jython".

Do we want it to be Jython-specific, or should it be available to any alternative VM? I don't know if the IronPython folks need anything for .NET, but maybe they would like one?

-Brett

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Frank Wierzbicki <fwierzbicki at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering if it might be possible for Jython to get an "arg > space" for command line execution. We try to deliver the same > switches that Python delivers (so for example -c means "program passed > in as string" on Python and Jython). We have some need for arguments > that would be Jython-specific, for example we would like to be able to > pass arguments to the Java process that starts Jython. I would just > make one up, but it would be best if it was future compatible with > Python (so -J would be great, but it would be annoying if -J started > to mean something in a future Python). > > So what do guys say? Can we hava -J? I don't think it is being used yet... > > -Frank _> ________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org >

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