Re: [Docutils-develop] test_language.py

[David G. <go...@py...>]

> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002, David Goodger wrote:
>> General tip: at the top of script files, don't use::
>> 
>> #!/usr/bin/python
>> 
>> Please use this instead::
>> 
>> #! /usr/bin/env python

Aahz wrote:
> Enh.  Too many sysadmins I know decry this practice as a security risk.

Do you know of any good references?  Genuinely curious.

> While I use the trick myself, I'm not at all comfortable pushing it as a
> solution for general scripts.

I don't see how hard-coding a possibly-nonexistent, possibly-erroneous path
is any better.  It had me genuinely confused for a minute or two, wondering
why the complaint about bad syntax on a "function(*args)"-type call.

> It's not in PEP 8.

PEP 8 doesn't mention hash-bangs or script execution at all; I don't get the
point.

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