[Python-Dev] PEP 395: Module Aliasing

[Steven D'Aprano]

Nick Coghlan wrote:

> Fixing direct execution inside packages
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> To fix this problem, it is proposed that an additional filesystem check be
> performed before proceeding with direct execution of a ``PY_SOURCE`` or
> ``PY_COMPILED`` file that has been named on the command line.
> 
> This additional check would look for an ``__init__`` file that is a peer to
> the specified file with a matching extension (either ``.py``, ``.pyc`` or
> ``.pyo``, depending what was passed on the command line).
> 
> If this check fails to find anything, direct execution proceeds as usual.
> 
> If, however, it finds something, execution is handed over to a
> helper function in the ``runpy`` module that ``runpy.run_path`` also invokes
> in the same circumstances. That function will walk back up the
> directory hierarchy from the supplied path, looking for the first directory
> that doesn't contain an ``__init__`` file. Once that directory is found, it
> will be set to ``sys.path[0]``,

I think you mean that sys.path[0] will be set to the directory path.

Should the current working directory continue to be included in the path 
when running a sub-package module?


-- 
Steven