On 2020-01-11 9:01 p.m., Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 02:46:14PM -0300, Soni L. wrote:
> I just want python foo/bar/baz/qux/__main__.py but with imports that
> actually work. -m works, but requires you to cd. -m with path would be
> an more than huge improvement.
That's what you said in your first post. In my first response, I said it
works for me. Unless I have misunderstood you, I think you are mistaken
about needing to cd into the package root.
Can you give a clear (and simple) example of a package in the PYTHONPATH
where python -m package.module doesn't work?
> and it absolutely should look for the given module in the given path.
> not "anywhere in the PYTHONPATH".
If you know the precise location of the module, and you don't want to
search the PYTHONPATH, why are you using -m?
`python -m module` is for searching the PYTHONPATH when you don't know
or care precisely where module is located. Think of it as a hammer.
`python filename` is for running the module when you do know and care
precisely which file you are running. Think of it as a screwdriver.
You seem to be asking to weld a screwdriver head to a hammer so that you
can have the hammer behave like a screwdriver. If you know the precise
path you want to run, why are you using
# your proposed syntax
python -m spam/eggs/cheese.aardvark
when you could just as easily run this and get the effect you want?
python spam/eggs/cheese/aardvark.py
This is not a rhetorical question. As far as I can tell from your
explanation so far, what you want to do is possible *right now* if you
just stop typing `-m` after the `python` command and use the right tool
for the job.
If you see a difference that I don't, please explain what that
difference is.
but those are *not* equivalent. the first one has spam/eggs/ as the
package root, with cheese.aardvark as the module (the thing passed to
"import" (except with the __main__ hacks that I don't wanna go into)).
the second one has spam/eggs/cheese/ as the package root, and "aardvark"
isn't even loaded as a module! if you did "import cheese.aardvark" it'd
fail, and if you did "import .aardvark" it would load the module twice,
once under "__main__" and once under "aardvark".
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