On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 5:39 PM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings list, > > > > What's the advantage of having it as an official part, rather than > remaining a third-party tool? > > Easy generation of executables. Installing a version of Python > gives you a complete suite > > > Producing native executables is an attractive nuisance. It doesn't > actually prevent people from disassembling your code (many MANY people > seem to think that it does), > > The purpose is to create a packed state, not obfuscation. > The ability to just run your program without worrying > about further installation > > > it locks in a particular Python version, > it locks in an OS architecture, it locks in everything that you > shouldn't be locking in. > > That's the purpose of executables. >
The purpose of executables is to make it harder to apply bug fix releases of Python? I thought that was an unwanted side effect. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/2VMU3HUVFVAV2IZ6P3VTRWKFZFCQEHBV/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
