[Python-Dev] towards a stricter definition of sys.executable (original) (raw)

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake at acm.org
Thu Mar 16 17:52:34 CET 2006

Guido van Rossum wrote:

Can you say more about the motivation for wanting this reinterpreted?

Fredrik Lundh wrote:

d) If Python was started from a standard Python interpreter,

My understanding matches Guido's description, so I'm not sure any changes are needed. Since an embedding application can provide an alternate API to the needed information, that seems sufficient.

That said, option "d" seems like a reasonable approach as well, and I'd have no objection to the change. I suggest the sys.application instead of sys.app_executable for the new variable, but that's minor.

-Fred

-- Fred L. Drake, Jr.

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