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Author paul.moore
Recipients docs@python, eryksun, gaborjbernat, keller00, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, vinay.sajip, zach.ware
Date 2020-10-16.22:30:12
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> We'd need Mark to weigh in (or possibly track down and ask a colleague), but I expect the assumption is that subprocess.Popen("python") searches PATH first.

I'm sure it was, TBH. The executable directory side of things is really just on digging a bit deeper - "well, Windows actually uses the executable directory, but that's not relevant because I ran the venv Python". That's when the mistaken assumption happens.
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