oops... forgot to CC the messages to python-dev ^_^ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou at gmail.com> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:11:45 +0400 Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] a simpler way to invoke pydoc, pdb, unittest, etc To: jim at zope.com On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 05:32:24 -0400, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote: > Anthony Baxter wrote: > > > >> +1 on the -m command-line variation, with the following change: > >> > >> I'd like Python to import the module and then run it's main function. > >> > >> I've been meaning to suggest smething like this myself. > > > > > > I'd prefer it import the module, with __name__ == "__main__", > > because it's compatible with what we do now for a module that's > > also a script. But I like the idea, nonetheless. > > > > Question: should python -m foo.bar.baz work? I'd say "yes". > > Me too. Count me in too! ..though I must say I am against the variant with the main function, as there is an accepted and widely used mechanism in python already (__name__ == '__main__'), so why add another one or make the existing mechanism more complex... -- Alex. -- Alex.
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