[Python-ideas] Why is there no way to pass PYTHONPATH on the command line?

[Mike Graham]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Daniel Holth <dholth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why is there no way to pass PYTHONPATH on the command line? Oversight
> or intentional?
>
> Given path_item/something.py
>
> python -p path_item -c "import something; something.foo()"
>
> I am aware that the __main__.py behavior lessens the need for this
> significantly.

PYTHONPATH=whatever python -c "import something; something.foo()"

Mike