Eric V. Smith <e...@trueblade.com> added the comment: But what if you don't want the expansion done? I always invoke python from cygwin's bash shell, and sometimes I tell the shell not to expand the arguments, such as:
python \* or python '*' I wouldn't want python (or rather the C runtime) to do the expansion in this case, and I don't see how it could know not to do it. ---------- nosy: +eric.smith _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12505> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com