From 30729bab171ae5830250c2c4627ca4cadcfdbed3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Gonzalez Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 15:20:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add clarification to documentation --- README.md | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7366159..600afd2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -29,7 +29,20 @@ This can be achieved by setting multiple versions of Python, for example with asdf global python 3.6.2 2.7.13 ``` -This feature is experimental but should be working well enough for most use cases. +This feature is experimental but should be working well enough for most use cases. Incidentally, the first python version you install will claim `python`. With the above example: + +``` +python -V +Python 3.6.3 + +python3 -V +Python 3.6.3 + +python2 -V +2.7.13 +``` + +In some cases, you might want python2 and python3 to co-exist, but python needs to point at a specific python version. The order of python versions is what controls this. ## Pip installed modules and binaries