GeezerVison

-                        _base_exe = basename(executable)
-                        for _candidate in (DEFAULT_PROGRAM_NAME, f'python{VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}'):
-                            _candidate += EXE_SUFFIX if EXE_SUFFIX else ''
-                            if _base_exe == _candidate:
+                        base_exe = basename(executable)
+                        for candidate in (DEFAULT_PROGRAM_NAME, f'python{VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}'):
+                            candidate += EXE_SUFFIX if EXE_SUFFIX else ''
+                            if base_exe == candidate:
                                 continue
-                            _candidate = joinpath(executable_dir, _candidate)
+                            candidate = joinpath(executable_dir, candidate)
                             # Only set base_executable if the candidate exists.
                             # If no candidate succeeds, subsequent errors related to
                             # base_executable (like FileNotFoundError) remain in the
                             # context of the original executable name
-                            if isfile(_candidate):
-                                base_executable = _candidate
+                            if isfile(candidate):
+                                base_executable = candidate
                                 break
             break
     else: