Debugging Bash, using VSCode

[Stephen Warren]

On 1/22/22 14:06, Brian Sturgill wrote:
> sudo apt install python-is-python3

That may be dangerous; it changes the default "python" to be "python3". 
If any scripts that use "#!/usr/bin/env python" are actually Python 2 
scripts, there's a good chance they won't work right. Presumably you 
suggested this because part of vscode's Bash debugger is implemented in 
Python and needs Python 3? If so, is there a way to configure vscode to 
use a specific Python binary, e.g. /usr/bin/python3? That approach would 
have fewer system-level implications.

As an aside, this is why when writing Python you should write:

     #!/usr/bin/env python3

or just maybe for ancient code:

     #!/usr/bin/env python2

not:

     #!/usr/bin/env python

That way, your script is immune to this kind of issue, since it 
explicitly calls out the major version of Python that it needs.