Python, Be Bold!

[Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer]

On Fri, 3 Jan 2020, 02:50 Barry Scott, <barry at barrys-emacs.org> wrote:

> Expect for trivial programs you cannot distribute a single file python exe
> for windows.
>

You can, PyInstaller does it. You can have folder-based or single file apps

As you found zipapp is not a solution.
>

 Zipapp is a good candidate. Proposing to improve it


> Many stdlib modules use DLL's on Windows and you cannot run a DLL from
> inside a zip file.
>

PyInstaller's -F mode does it well

But, this proposal is not about native executables. It's about a .jar like
executable. As a python-specific 'executable', os is not a problem unless
of course you are using like curses on windows