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Izkata on July 25, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: How the Python import system works

Wouldn't this part:

    #!/bin/sh
    "exec" "python3" "-u" "$0" "$@"

Be the same as this?

    #!/usr/bin/env python3 -u

globular-toast on July 25, 2021 [–]

One difference is that parameters in the shebang is non standard and not supported on all OSes. Linux supports it, though.

mixmastamyk on July 27, 2021 | [–]

And I think only one. Tripped me up once.

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