[issue34725] Py_GetProgramFullPath() odd behaviour in Windows
Mario
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Mon Oct 8 16:19:22 EDT 2018
Mario <mariofutire at gmail.com> added the comment:
On 08/10/2018 17:54, Steve Dower wrote:
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> Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org> added the comment:
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>> Py_SetProgramName() should be a relative or absolute path that can be used to set sys.executable and other values appropriately.
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> Key point here is *can be*, but it doesn't have to be. Given it has fallbacks all the way to "python"/"python3", we can't realistically use it as sys.executable just because it has a value.
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> And right now, it's used to locate the current executable (which is unnecessary on Windows), which is then assumed to be correct for sys.executable. Most embedding cases require *this* assumption to be overridden, not the previous assumption.
I still would like my use case to be acknowledged.
site.py uses the value of sys.executable to set up a virtual environment, which is a very valuable
thing even in an embedded cases.
This constraint is strong enough to force it to point to python.exe or python3 as it would normally
do in a scripted (non embedded case).
I still believe the 2 concepts should be decoupled to avoid them clashing and having supporters of
one disagreeing with supporters of the other.
Andrea
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