Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> added the comment:
My biggest concern with the suggested wording (which in broad terms looks OK to me) is that it reintroduces the issue with the redirector. By specifically saying that the behaviour in `CreateProcess` applies, we lead the user to the statement that the search path includes "the directory containing the running application", which the user will interpret as the directory of `sys.executable`. So we need to qualify this somewhere by clarifying that "the running application" may not actually be `sys.executable` (without saying what it actually *is*, as that would mean documentin what the redirector does, which Steve wants to avoid). I don't have a good answer here - we have two conflicting preferences (document the search behaviour but don't document the way the redirector works) and something needs to give. (To be fair, there's a third conflicting priority here, which is me wanting everything to be explicit and clear. I'm willing to give that up if you and Steve can agree on something, though). ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue42041> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
