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Use the first python on PATH as the default python executable

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It would be nice if the extension used the PATH environment variable in order to find the default python executable. However, it does not do that:

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Created 3 years ago
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luabudcommented, Apr 7, 2021

Right now it doesn’t seem to be it, but that’s what we’d like it to be in the future 😊 I couldn’t find where else we are tracking this change, so I just created a new issue for it: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/15887

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felipecrscommented, Sep 3, 2020

So what you want is for the $PATH checking to come first, right?

Exactly that.

Relatedly, should it only look for “python” and “python3” on $PATH, or also “python3.8” and “python38”?

In my opinion: only python and python3. That’s because as long as the python3.8 folder comes first in the PATH, this is where the python and python3 would be taken. And, I believe all those custom python installations make sure to expose a binary called python3 or just python in their /bin folder.

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