Re: What meaning is of '#!python'?

From	Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: What meaning is of '#!python'?
Date	2015-11-14 20:26 -0600
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On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 7:58 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 12:54 PM, fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I see an example Python code has such a line at the file beginning:
>>
>> #!python
>>
>>
>> Is there some meaning about it?
>
> It probably didn't look exactly like that. Please, when you're asking
> questions, COPY AND PASTE rather than retyping some approximation of
> what you saw.

"#!python" is a valid shebang for the Python Launcher for Windows.
It's also a not-too-terrible placeholder for a Unix shebang meaning
"whichever Python you want it to be".  The better choice for use with
both platforms would be "#!/usr/bin/env python", though.

-- 
Zach

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What meaning is of '#!python'? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 17:54 -0800
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 12:58 +1100
    Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 18:13 -0800
      Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 13:18 +1100
      Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Rob Hills <rhills@medimorphosis.com.au> - 2015-11-15 11:10 +0800
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 20:26 -0600
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 19:28 -0700
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? eryksun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 23:57 -0600
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? <paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 21:54 -0700

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