${config:python.interpreterPath} cannot be used in settings.json or task.json

[karthiknadig]

You get the following error:

'${config:python.interpreterPath}' can not be resolved because setting 'python.interpreterPath' not found.

This is need to completely replace ${config:python.pythonPath}.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/tasks#_variable-substitution

[karthiknadig]

/cc @jahan01 @karrtikr Lets continue the conversation on the interpreterPath issue here.

[jahan01]

@jahan01 @karthiknadig We can only use ${config:python.interpreterPath} in launch.json. Can you paste that part of tasks.json where you use ${config:python.pythonPath}? What happens if you don't specify the python path at all.

@karrtikr: Below is my prelaunch task for one of my launch.json debug config.

task.json:

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Prepare env",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
            //"command": "${config:python.interpreterPath}",
            "args": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/prepare_env.py",
            ],
        },
}

[karrtikr]

Should be resolved in the next release. Use ${command:python.interpreterPath} to get the value.