> can we assume that, on all platforms, the old site.here is > the same as: > > >>> os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'lib', 'python%s' % sys.version[:3]) > '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ > python2.3' > > or is it better to use, as you suggest, > > >>> import os > >>> os.path.dirname(os.__file__) > '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ > python2.3'
These are not the same on Windows: >>> os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'lib', 'python%s' % sys.version[:3]) 'c:\\python24\\lib\\python2.4' >>> os.path.dirname(os.__file__) 'c:\\python24\\lib' (The latter is correct, if you want the directory that site-packages and idlelib are in. (And, for reference, with Python 2.3: >>> site.here 'c:\\python23\\lib' ) =Tony.Meyer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
