\On 7/4/06, Giovanni Bajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> >> Relative imports from modules executed with -m, however, would now
> >> be able to use the normal relative import mechanism and the
> >> __module_name__ workaround proposed for the 2.x series could
> >> disappear.
> >
> > Frankly, I am beginning to regret ever having endorsed the -m option.
>
> In case you mean the -m pkg.mod spelling, I agree. It's bringing a lot of
> complexity, including the __module_name__ hack, for exactly what gain? So
> that one doesn't have to write 2 liner wrapper installed as top-level module
> in the site-packages?

And by extension even the -m mod spelling, since its introduction led
to the argument that -m pkg.mod should not be left behind...

-- 
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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