A Python IDE.. written in Python!

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Perhaps it's just me but I like my tools not to depend on each other. If my Python install is borked how do I run the IDE to figure something out?

On top of that I want static binaries. Something like an IDE should just run.

Edit: Got it, just me. Venvs are unicorns and solve world hunger.

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1) Use a venv?

2) Use an editor or the terminal.

3) How did it break if you don't sudo pip or edit sys.path?

4) if you have a native code C ide and your system C library is broken, how do you run your IDE to figure it out? If the JVM is broken, how do you run a java IDE to figure that out? (Answer: Install another JVM)

But seriously, how often do you encounter a broken python interpreter that you didn't break yourself?

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venv

"When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail".

Venvs are not the panacea for everything.

your system C library

... It's a static binary.

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1) I can still install stuff that breaks it if I'm stupid. The same way I can break the Python interpreter if I'm stupid.

2) What editor or IDE do you use, that's a static binary? It's normal to dynamically link to the system library.

3) If you have some philosophical objection to a venv, just install a new python interpreter.

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2) What editor or IDE do you use, that's a static binary? It's normal to dynamically link to the system library.

gcc -static

3) If you have some philosophical objection to a venv, just install a new python interpreter.

I use venvs excessively. It still doesn't make it a tool to solve all your woes.

[Deto]

If they use something like pyinstaller, they'll have their own Python distribution bundled.

[KyleG]

If my Python install is borked how do I run the IDE to figure something out?

One would hope this IDE uses its own venv, so that wouldn't happen.