From 5bbe4953cb5c5528f6a42af0cdbeb421370f1f7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Meyer Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:04:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update section on alternative Python implementations. --- pep-0405.txt | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/pep-0405.txt b/pep-0405.txt index bb2f12382..382cd9d42 100644 --- a/pep-0405.txt +++ b/pep-0405.txt @@ -435,6 +435,18 @@ files. Rationale for this choice: .. _Google Code Search: http://www.google.com/codesearch#search/&q=sys\.prefix&p=1&type=cs +Impact on other Python implementations +-------------------------------------- + +The majority of this PEP's changes occur in the standard library, which is +shared by other Python implementations and should not present any +problem. + +Other Python implementations will need to replicate the new +``sys.prefix``-finding behavior of the interpreter bootstrap, including +locating and parsing the ``pyvenv.cfg`` file, if it is present. + + Open Questions ============== @@ -503,14 +515,6 @@ to not require that Xcode is installed. .. _Virtualenv uses: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/168 -Other Python implementations? ------------------------------ - -We should get feedback from Jython, IronPython, and PyPy about whether -there's anything in this PEP that they foresee as a difficulty for -their implementation. - - Reference Implementation ========================