Re: Python equivalent of Perl's assignment to $0

Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
Thu, 07 Jul 1994 17:58:39 +0200

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> In Perl assigning to $0 is a useful way of following the progress of a
> long running process. Can a similar thing be done in Python?

Currently, no. I suppose an interface could be added to sys to set
the real argv[0]. But is it worth it?

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