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25.0.50; MS-Windows needs a different default for python-shell-interpreter-args

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From: fgallina <at> gnu.org (Fabián Ezequiel Gallina)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18596: 25.0.50; MS-Windows needs a different default for python-shell-interpreter-args
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:55:40 -0300

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: fgallina <at> gnu.org (Fabián Ezequiel Gallina)
>> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
>> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:01:45 -0300
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> >>
>> >> I can only recreate the hang if I remove the "-i" switch in the default
>> >> command, so I think the real issue here is to fix how tests define the
>> >> command to run rather than changing the defaults on python.el.  With
>> >> this said, I think this bug should be closed and we should move to
>> >> #18595.
>> >
>> > Are you saying that it is OK for the above form to hang?
>> >
>>
>> Yes, on Windows the "-i" switch is required to avoid the hang and M-x
>> run-python does the right thing adding it by default.
>
> I know that "M-x run-python" does that, but I think run-python itself
> should do that, too.  It's a bug for it to hang like that.
>

I don't agree, run-python will run whatever you tell it to run and while
I agree that malformed commands hanging it are not fun, that's the very
same reason why sane defaults are provided and why the commentary
section state possible problems clearly.

>> We just need to fix the tests so they don't forget about "-i".
>
> That's a related, but separate problem.
>

I'll focus on that alone, I'm still not convinced on the course of
action for this one.

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