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On 11/12/2014 05:18, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> (I think it is funny that the script has a Unix "hash-bang" line at
> the top of the script, but is written such that it will only work on
> Windows.)

I didn't look at the code, but responding only to your comment...

Since the introduction of the PEP397 py.exe launcher in Python 3.4, it's 
made sense to put hash-bang lines into Python files on Windows 
especially if you have multiple versions installed.

TJG