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docs python: `python.buildEnv` does not include `buildPythonApplication` modules
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https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/45503
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#### `buildPythonApplication` function
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The `buildPythonApplication` function is practically the same as `buildPythonPackage`.
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The difference is that `buildPythonPackage` by default prefixes the names of the packages with the version of the interpreter.
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Because this is irrelevant for applications, the prefix is omitted.
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The `buildPythonApplication` function is practically the same as
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`buildPythonPackage`. The main purpose of this function is to build a Python
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package where one is interested only in the executables, and not importable
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modules. For that reason, when adding this package to a `python.buildEnv`, the
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modules won't be made available.
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Another difference is that `buildPythonPackage` by default prefixes the names of
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the packages with the version of the interpreter. Because this is irrelevant for
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applications, the prefix is omitted.
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#### `toPythonApplication` function
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