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From: Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
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Subject: Re: about special characters
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Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> writes:

> On 4/29/2016 9:48 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> writes:
> >
> >> On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:52 am, Ben Finney wrote:
> >>
> >>> (There has never been a Python 27. I assume Python 2.7 is what you
> >>> meant.)
> >>
> >> I believe that Python X.Y shows up as "PythonXY" under Windows.
>
> As a directory name that also omits the space, yes. Start Menu entries
> have both the space and and the '.'.

Okay. So as you describe the behaviour on MS Windows, it doesn't support
the OP's choice of saying “python 27” to specify Python 2.7 — MS Windows
appears to be irrelevant to that.

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Ben Finney