Mitchell Model <m...@acm.org> added the comment:
Whoops! It didn't say "the executable that gets built is called
python.exe", but it is in the build section, so taking things
literally, yes, the executable is called python.exe and I maybe
should have taken it at its word.
There's a subtle problem in the wording since "the executable" almost
always suggests "the program you run". It's a little weird -- though
I see your point about why it's done that way -- to build an
executable that gets installed as a different name. (Well, maybe
installed with version number as part of the name.) So even if the
README is literally correct I do think it lays a subtle trap for the
reader that could be avoided with a slight rewording. Not important
-- I'm just trying to help by pointing out documentation problems as
I come across them. Most of them have been real.
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--- Mitchell
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file13250/unnamed
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<div>Whoops! It didn't say "the executable that gets built is
called python.exe", but it is in the build section, so taking
things literally, yes, the executable is called python.exe and I maybe
should have taken it at its word.</div>
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<div>There's a subtle problem in the wording since "the
executable" almost always suggests "the program you
run". It's a little weird -- though I see your point about why
it's done that way -- to build an executable that gets installed as a
different name. (Well, maybe installed with version number as
part of the name.) So even if the README is literally correct I do
think it lays a subtle trap for the reader that could be avoided with
a slight rewording. Not important -- I'm just trying to help by
pointing out documentation problems as I come across them. Most of
them have been real.</div>
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<div>-- <br>
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--- Mitchell</div>
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