On 24 February 2015 at 18:58, Guido van Rossum <[email protected]> wrote: > The naming of the functions feels inconsistent -- maybe pack(directory, > target) -> create_archive(directory, archive), and set_interpreter() -> > copy_archive(archive, new_archive)?
One possible source of confusion with copy_archive (and its command line equivalent "python -m zipapp old.pyz -o new.pyz") is that it isn't technically a copy, as it changes the shebang line (if you omit the interpreter argument it removes the existing shebang). We could change it to copy by default, but (a) that's redundant as a file copy works better, and (b) we'd need to add a method of specifying "remove the shebang" to replace omitting the interpreter arg. Is this a big enough issue to be worth changing the name of the function and the command line behaviour? I'm inclined to leave it, but mainly on the basis that I feel like I'm getting to the point of over-thinking things... Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com