Python's 8-bit cleanness deprecated?

[Alex Martelli]

Terry Reedy wrote:

> 
> "Erik Max Francis" <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message
> news:3E41BC1D.4F45E873 at alcyone.com...
>> "Anders J. Munch" wrote:
>>
>> > In the context of how a Python implementation executes a Python
>> > program  the shebang line has no effect whatsoever.
> 
> If the purpose of the shebang line is only to say *where* to find the
> one and only Python interpreter that is on a system, then that is
> correct.  But if the purpose is to say *which* interpreter to use (say
> 1.52 versus 2.2 for a real example), then it is not.   It is a shame

And since you can pass switches such as -u on the shebang
line to affect the way Python executes the program, I do
not think it matters much if multiple interprets exist...


Alex