gh-76303: Improve -x option documentation#144857
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Expand the documentation for the -x command-line option to explain its purpose and usage for turning Python scripts into Windows batch files, with examples of batch file header lines. Closes python#76303.
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Co-authored-by: Brian Schubert <brianm.schubert@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Brian Schubert <brianm.schubert@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Brian Schubert <brianm.schubert@gmail.com>
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LGTM, but it needs a review from Windows experts. Right now it is difficult to me to test this on Windows.
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Expand the documentation for the
-xcommand-line option to explain its purpose and usage for turning Python scripts into Windows batch files, with examples of batch file header lines.The current documentation is a single line:
This gives virtually no information about why the option exists or how to use it. As noted by @serhiy-storchaka in the issue, the purpose of
-xis to allow turning Python scripts into Windows batch files (similar to how shebang lines work on Unix).The expanded documentation now includes:
-xis needed (the header line is not valid Python syntax)📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--144857.org.readthedocs.build/