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Why are the PythonT symlinks created by default (macOS)
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Hey everyone,
I just installed Python3.13 from python.org and I was wondering about all the PythonT symlinks in /usr/local/bin:

python3.13t->../../../Library/Frameworks/PythonT.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3.13t
python3.13t-config->../../../Library/Frameworks/PythonT.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3.13t-config
python3.13t-intel64->../../../Library/Frameworks/PythonT.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3.13t-intel64
python3t->../../../Library/Frameworks/PythonT.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3t
python3t-config->../../../Library/Frameworks/PythonT.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3t-config
python3t-intel64->../../../Library/Frameworks/PythonT.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3t-intel64

I found out these are for the "free-threaded" version of Python without the GIL. However, the folder /Library/Frameworks/PythonT.framework never exists. Is there any reason these symlinks are created even though the PythonT is not installed? And how would I install it? I just found --disable-gil, which I would need to use, if I build from source, if I got that correct.
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