https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/088c8ea18829c219d36441a8cb86da6da75fe755 commit: 088c8ea18829c219d36441a8cb86da6da75fe755 branch: 3.14 author: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]> committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]> date: 2026-05-30T17:15:29Z summary:
[3.14] gh-129851: Fix the documentation for -m command (GH-129862) (GH-150619) (cherry picked from commit 9baa7c63bee1ad2b243f16109a3fd206a1f13a6a) Co-authored-by: Dhruv Singla <[email protected]> files: M Doc/using/cmdline.rst diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index cb646d6d4021dc6..0c947de005b58ea 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ additional methods of invocation: * When called with ``-c command``, it executes the Python statement(s) given as *command*. Here *command* may contain multiple statements separated by newlines. Leading whitespace is significant in Python statements! -* When called with ``-m module-name``, the given module is located on the - Python module path and executed as a script. +* When called with ``-m module-name``, the given module is located using the standard + import mechanism and executed as a script. In non-interactive mode, the entire input is parsed before it is executed. @@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ source. .. option:: -m <module-name> - Search :data:`sys.path` for the named module and execute its contents as - the :mod:`__main__` module. + Locate the module using the standard import mechanism and execute its contents + as the :mod:`__main__` module. Since the argument is a *module* name, you must not give a file extension (``.py``). The module name should be a valid absolute Python module name, but _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
