[Python-Dev] Draft PEP and reference implementation of a Python launcher for Windows

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Mar 20 10:39:48 CET 2011


>>> Does it also support loading a different interpreter version than the
>>> one it is running?
>>
>> Ouch, no. I guess you're right, any Python based solution will need to
>> create a child process.
> 
> Why would that be true? Shouldn't this launcher just be a basic wrapper
> that cobbles together the arguments for an eventual os.exec*() call?

Windows doesn't support exec*(3).

Regards,
Martin


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