Clarify that .env files are not read when doing environment variable substitutions in settings for the Python extension #5413

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1. Greg Van Liew (gregvanl)

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   on Jun 18, 2022
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   Ryan Molyneaux (rjmolyneaux)

   on Jun 18, 2022
3. rjmolyneaux commented on Jul 13, 2022

   

   Ryan Molyneaux (rjmolyneaux)

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   Hey Brett Cannon (@brettcannon)! Can you shine your expertise to help me understand a little more? Does this note help or would you like me to work on the paragraphs above it? ☺️

   
4. brettcannon commented on Jul 13, 2022

   

   Brett Cannon (brettcannon)

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   The confusion wasn't about environment variables in environment files as much as people thought environment variables from environment files would be available to use in settings. For instance, people wanted to use PYTHON_INSTALL_LOC as defined in a .env file, but we don't support that.
5. rjmolyneaux commented on Jul 21, 2022

   

   Ryan Molyneaux (rjmolyneaux)

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   Thank you for the clarification Brett Cannon (@brettcannon)! I merged 5477 for this issue.
6. Ryan Molyneaux (rjmolyneaux)

   closed this as completedon Jul 21, 2022