Fwd: [Python-Dev] a simpler way to invoke pydoc, pdb, unittest, etc

[Alex A. Naanou]

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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.