[Tutor] setup.py "script" vs "console_scripts" Was: if __name__=='main' vs entry points: What to teach new comers?

[Ben Finney]

Thomas Güttler <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de> writes:

> Why is "the sane default is 'use console_scripts entry-point in
> setup.py'" not a good answer?

Because third-party Setuptools is required for entry points, which means
entry points cannot be a default choice.

It may well be a good choice for many cases. But that's a different
matter from it being a good *default* choice; it can only be a default
choice if it's in the standard library.

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