[Tutor] Virtual environment question

[Jim]

On 03/12/2018 04:04 AM, eryk sun wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 12:44 AM, Jim <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> home = /usr/bin
>> include-system-site-packages = false
> [...]
>>      resp = opener.open(request, timeout=self._timeout)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 466, in open
> 
> This is normal. Virtual environments are not isolated from the standard library.

Interesting. All I know about virtual environments is what I read on the 
net. I always see them recommended as a way to keep from messing up the 
default python, so I thought isolation was their purpose.

Thanks,  Jim