Re: [Docutils-develop] test_language.py

[Aahz <aa...@py...>]

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002, David Goodger wrote:
> Aahz wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> Enh.  Too many sysadmins I know decry this practice as a security risk.
> 
> Do you know of any good references?  Genuinely curious.

No handy references, but IIRC, the primary worry is that someone could
install a nasty shell script into your path named "python".  Also, with
the regular version increases in Python, I've seen more people recommend
using a specific version number.

As for myself, I usually call my scripts as "python script.py", which is
guaranteed to work in Windoze.

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

The point was that you seemed to be pushing it as a "standard", and I
was reminding you that it's not.
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