[Python-Dev] Python Tools/

[Guido van Rossum]

> I was just looking through the Tools dir of the CVS version
> (looking for a tool which autoexpands tabs in Python source
> files -- which I didn't find) and found some other useful scripts
> along the way.
> 
> To my surprise these executable files did not have a .py
> extension even though were Python source files. Is this 
> intended ? I find that scripts like "world" provide useful
> information which would be nice to have in the standard
> lib -- with .py extension...

I would agree, but that's Barry's creation, so I'll let him answer for
himself.  Any other scripts with the same problem?

> Other tidbits:
> 
> I noted that at least in my CVS tree the Tools/ht2html
> dir does not include any executable: have I missed something ?

Actually, that directory is a ghost and shouldn't have been exported
at all.  (Barry, can you erase it from sweetpea?)

> The script Tools/scripts/parseentities.py is not executable
> for some reason.

Fixed now.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)