[Python-Dev] runpy.py (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed Aug 26 13:28:03 CEST 2009

Alexander Belopolsky wrote:

Take a look at two PEPs referenced in runpy doc, http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/runpy.html :

PEP 338 - Executing modules as scripts PEP written and implemented by Nick Coghlan. PEP 366 - Main module explicit relative imports PEP written and implemented by Nick Coghlan. (Nick is too modest to self-reference, but these two PEPs give an excellent exposition. :-)

The PEPs don't go into the process of how we actually hook the command line up to the runpy module though - that's something you need to dig into the main.c code to really understand.

The command line documentation is also relevant since it defines the intended behaviour: http://docs.python.org/dev/using/cmdline.html#command-line

(Drop the /dev from the URL to see the defined behaviour for 2.6)

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

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