notbob <not...@nothome.com>: > I've installed python 3.3 on my Slack box, which by default comes with > python 2.7. I know how to fire up the different IDLE environments, but > how do I differentiate between the scripts? IOW, up till now, I've > used .py on all my 2.7 files. How do I know not to run a .py in > python3 or visa versa? Or do I? What's the excepted convention for > differentiating between the two?
That's a bit of a sore spot. On a linux box, the initial line of the script indicates the interpreter: #!/usr/bin/env python2 for Python 2.x #!/usr/bin/env python3 for Python 3.x. All tutorials will tell you to start it with #!/usr/bin/env python which will start python2 on all (?) existing linux distros, but is expected to start python3 within the next decade. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
