Ronald Oussoren added the comment: If only someone had access to the time machine keys to fix this 20 year ago :-(. Anything beyond that last option (recognising that the script tries to import itself under another name) is bound to run into odd issues or backward compatibility concerns.
Just recognising a reimport of __main__ should avoid a lot of confusion though, from what I've seen in discussions most cases of unintentional shadowing of the stdlib is caused by folks naming a exploratory script the same as a stdlib module (e.g. naming a script "socket.py" when experimenting with sockets). W.r.t. "from . import ..." and scripts: installing using entry points isn't a problem, but installing using plain distutils still is as is the even more low-tech option of just copying files to the right location (maybe using a Makefile). But that issue is moot now that Guido has stated he doesn't like the idea. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29929> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
