python 2.7.12 on Linux behaving differently than on Windows

[MRAB]

On 2016-12-04 22:52, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 07:26 am, DFS wrote:
>
>> $python program.py column1=2174 and column2='R'
>
> Here is a simple script demonstrating the issue:
>
>
> # --- program.py ---
> import sys
> print "argv:", sys.argv
> print ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
>
>
>
> I haven't tested it on Windows, but on Linux it behaves as you describe (and
> as Linux users will expect):
>
> [steve at ando ~]$ python program.py column1=2174 and column2='R'
> argv: ['program.py', 'column1=2174', 'and', 'column2=R']
> column1=2174 and column2=R
>
[snip]

On Windows:

     py.exe program.py column1=2174 and column2='R'

gives:

     argv: ['program.py', 'column1=2174', 'and', "column2='R'"]
     column1=2174 and column2='R'

and:

     py.exe program.py column1=2174 and column2="R"

gives:

     argv: ['program.py', 'column1=2174', 'and', 'column2=R']
    column1=2174 and column2=R